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The route of which railroad helped to determine the shape of West Virginia?
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Who designed the Great Seal of West Virginia?
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Of the 47 Western Virginia delegates at the Virginia Secession Convention, how many voted to secede from the Union?
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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the First Wheeling Convention convene?
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What was the name given to the pro-Union government of Virginia that met in Wheeling from 1861 to 1863?
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What was the first officially proposed name for the new state of West Virginia?
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How many counties were initially proposed in August 1861 for the new state of West Virginia?
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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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Which West Virginia founder became one of the region's earliest major coal operators in the 1850s?
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