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How many buildings have served as West Virginia's capitol?
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This Wheeling newspaper editor was one of the leading advocates for West Virginia statehood.
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After Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, this person was the driving force behind Declaration of Rights of the People of Virginia, calling for a new pro-Union state separate from 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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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the First Wheeling Convention convene?
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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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When did some Western Virginia counties first threaten to break away from Virginia?
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When did Virginia Secession Convention delegates vote to leave the Union and join the Confederacy?
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Which one of the following Western Virginia delegates voted FOR Virginia to secede from the Union?
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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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