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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 was the first governor of West Virginia?
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Originally a leading advocate for West Virginia statehood, this Clarksburg politician tried to derail the movement due to his opposition to the gradual emancipation of slaves in the new state.
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After Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, this person was the driving force behind Declaration of Rights of the People of Virginia, calling for a new pro-Union state separate from Virginia.
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What did the Flick Amendment accomplish?
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Whose notes on the Wheeling conventions became the main source of information on West Virginia statehood?
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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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Which West Virginia founder helped form the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, which became part of the Baltimore & Ohio?
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