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The route of which railroad helped to determine the shape of West Virginia?
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What was West Virginia's first capital city?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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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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Who was governor of 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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When did President Abraham Lincoln decide to approve West Virginia statehood?
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Which of the following statements about West Virginia statehood is NOT true?
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Which one of the following did NOT attend Virginia's 1830 Constitutional Convention?
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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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