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Which one of the following Civil War-era federal laws led directly to the creation of West Virginia University?
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Which West Virginia women's school was the recipient of a performing arts center funded by Andrew Carnegie?
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When were West Virginia schools consolidated into the current 55 districts?
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Which early explorer inspired the annual Golden Horseshoe Test about West Virginia history?
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Which school also served as our first state capitol building?
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What was West Virginia's second publicly funded Black institution of higher learning?
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Huntington's Black junior and senior high school was named for this abolitionist.
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Pierpont Community and Technical College was originally established as part of this institution of higher learning.
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At its founding in 1961, this was the only institution of higher learning in the Ohio River Valley between Wheeling and Huntington?
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Which southern writer, known as one of the "Fugitives" who advanced agrarian values in his literature, once chaired the West Virginia University English department?
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