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Who designed the Great Seal of West Virginia?
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This Methodist minister was one of the few delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1861 to support the complete abolition of slavery in the new state of West Virginia.
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This Wheeling newspaper editor was one of the leading advocates for West Virginia statehood.
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West Virginia became a state as a result of which war?
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How many counties were initially proposed in August 1861 for the new state of West 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 of the following was NOT a concession to Western Virginia at Virginia's 1850-51 Constitutional Convention?
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What event directly triggered Virginia's secession from the Union?
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The original constitution of West Virginia ruled that any enslaved person born after this date would be free?
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Whose notes on the Wheeling conventions became the main source of information on West Virginia statehood?
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