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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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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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Why did the First Wheeling Convention end after only two days?
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West Virginia became a state as a result of which war?
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When did some Western Virginia counties first threaten to break away from Virginia?
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Which of the following was NOT a concession to Western Virginia at Virginia's 1850-51 Constitutional Convention?
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When did Virginia Secession Convention delegates vote to leave the Union and join the Confederacy?
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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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