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How many buildings have served as West Virginia's capitol?
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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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West Virginia became a state as a result of which war?
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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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Which one of the following Western Virginia delegates voted FOR Virginia to secede from the Union?
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What event directly triggered Virginia's secession from the Union?
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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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Whose notes on the Wheeling conventions became the main source of information on West Virginia statehood?
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Which West Virginia founder has a community and technical college named for him?
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