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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