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The inclusion of which two counties required an act of Congress and a U.S. Supreme Court decision?
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Who designed the Great Seal of West Virginia?
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What were Northern Democrats who supported the Union but opposed the abolition of slavery often called?
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Why did the First Wheeling Convention end after only two days?
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Five days after Virginia seceded from the Union, pro-Unionists from Western Virginia held a rally in this city.
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When did the pro-Union government of Virginia officially approve the formation of West Virginia?
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Which one of the following did NOT attend Virginia's 1830 Constitutional Convention?
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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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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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