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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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Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia's coalfields?
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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During the Civil War, "Stonewall" Jackson burned down the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops in this city.
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The second major railroad in southern West Virginia, this line carried its first load of coal from Mercer County in 1883.
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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