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Which issue raised by the creation of West Virginia in 1863 was not finally settled until 1939?
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What was West Virginia's first capital city?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the Second Wheeling Convention convene?
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Which one of the following did NOT attend Virginia's 1830 Constitutional Convention?
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Which of the following was a transportation route built into present West Virginia before the Civil War?
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When did Virginia Secession Convention delegates vote to leave the Union and join the Confederacy?
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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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West Virginia Independence Hall was originally built as what?
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