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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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What was West Virginia's first capital city?
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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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Of the 47 Western Virginia delegates at the Virginia Secession Convention, how many voted to secede from the Union?
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What were Northern Democrats who supported the Union but opposed the abolition of slavery often called?
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When did some Western Virginia counties first threaten to break away from Virginia?
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Francis Pierpont was the great-grandson of what early settler?
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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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