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Why did the First Wheeling Convention end after only two days?
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What did the Flick Amendment accomplish?
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Who was governor of the pro-Union government of Virginia that met in Wheeling from 1861 to 1863?
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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 Western Virginia delegates voted FOR Virginia to secede from the Union?
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What does the state motto "Montani Semper Liberi" mean?
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Francis Pierpont was the great-grandson of what early settler?
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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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West Virginia Independence Hall was originally built as what?
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