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This Wheeling newspaper editor was one of the leading advocates for West Virginia statehood.
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Five days after Virginia seceded from the Union, pro-Unionists from Western Virginia held a rally in this city.
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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the Second Wheeling Convention convene?
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What was the name given to the pro-Union government of Virginia that met in Wheeling from 1861 to 1863?
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When did President Abraham Lincoln decide to approve West Virginia statehood?
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What event directly triggered Virginia's secession from the Union?
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Who codified West Virginia's original laws?
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Who is the only founder of West Virginia with a statue in the U.S. Capitol?
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Which West Virginia founder became one of the region's earliest major coal operators in the 1850s?
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Virginia's pro-Union government moved from Wheeling to where when West Virginia became a state?
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