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What was West Virginia's first capital city?
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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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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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In 1861, what two Civil War battles allowed pro-Union leaders to take the initial steps toward West Virginia statehood without threat from Confederate attack?
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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 was NOT a concession to Western Virginia at Virginia's 1850-51 Constitutional Convention?
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Who codified West Virginia's original laws?
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Francis Pierpont was the great-grandson of what early settler?
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Which one of the following was NOT one of West Virginia's first members of Congress?
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