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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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What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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What was the driving issue behind a pivotal convention of Western Virginia leaders at Clarksburg in 1841?
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Which county closed schools for several days in 1974 due to a protest over textbooks?
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Which institution of higher learning was founded in Sylvester in Boone County?
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Shepherd University was originally founded to do what?
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Which one of the following statements about what is now West Virginia State University is NOT correct?
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This 30-year history professor at what is now WVU Tech was West Virginia's first official Historian Laureate.
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What former leader of Intuit became president of Marshall University in 2021?
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In the segregation era, where was Kelly Miller High School located?
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