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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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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the Second Wheeling Convention convene?
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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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Which of the following statements about West Virginia statehood is NOT true?
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Which of the following was a transportation route built into present West Virginia before the Civil War?
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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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Who codified West Virginia's original laws?
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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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