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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?
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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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In 1873, company officials drove the last spike at Hawks Nest, completing this major railroad.
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Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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Which road today follows the approximate path of the National Road?
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The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
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