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The inclusion of which two counties required an act of Congress and a U.S. Supreme Court decision?
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Who designed the Great Seal of West Virginia?
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What was West Virginia's first capital city?
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Of the 47 Western Virginia delegates at the Virginia Secession Convention, how many voted to secede from the Union?
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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the Second Wheeling Convention convene?
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When did some Western Virginia counties first threaten to break away from Virginia?
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Which one of the following was the only concession made to Western Virginia at Virginia's 1830 Constitutional Convention?
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Which one of the following Western Virginia delegates voted FOR Virginia to secede from the Union?
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Which of the following was NOT included in West Virginia's original constitution?
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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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