West Virginia State History

West Virginia became a state in the midst of what war?
Mexican War
Revolutionary War
Civil War
War of 1812
Who was the first governor of West Virginia?
Abraham Lincoln
John Beckinridge
John Letcher
Arthur Boreman
What was the first capital of West Virginia? It was also a city where conventions were held to create the state.
Charleston
Harpers Ferry
Charles Town
Wheeling
What political party was West Virginia's first governor?
Federalist
Democrat
Republican
Whig
What natural resource has West Virginia been most famous for?
Slate quarries
Iron
Coal
Fishing
Matewan and Blair Mountain are remembered as the site of battles in West Virginia where dozens of people were killed in 1920-1921. The US Army, state police and sheriff fought on one side. Who fought on the other?
Confederates
Coal miners
Feuding families from Kentucky
Lumbermen
In 1977 a well-known high bridge was built in West Virginia, named after the river valley it spanned. What is the bridge called?
Kanawha Valley Bridge
Shenandoah Valley Bridge
Ohio River Hollow Bridge
New River Gorge Bridge
What John Denver song was added most recently as West Virginia's state song?
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Annie's Song
Back Home Again
What does the West Virginia state flag look like?
The state coat of arms on a white background
The state coat of arms on a solid blue background
Stars and stripes in a pennant shape
A white pine tree and moon on a gold background
What is the English translation of West Virginia's state motto, adopted in the 1872 state constitution?
Mountaineers are Always Free
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Thus Always to Tyrants, for Real This Time
Out of One, Two
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