Austin
VA did not consent to WV
Article 4, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution reads: "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress." Which of the following statements is an argument made by opponents of West Virginia statehood who cited this provision of the constitution to support their position?
stogies
M. Marsh and Son of Wheeling manufactured this.
Boone, Marshall, Logan
The three leading counties in coal production in 2010 were:
Monongah
The worst mine disaster in the history of the United States occurred in this Marion County community.
BD Rusty
This American Quarter Horse from Kanawha County was the 2005 Pole Bending World Champion.
Junior
This Barbour County community was named for the son of Henry Gassaway Davis.
Dolin
This Barboursville native portrayed First Lady Laura Bush on the television comedy series, "That's My Bush."
Harrick
This Charleston native coached the UCLA Bruins to a men's national basketball title in 1995.
Mayer
This Charleston resident was the first Jewish state official and first Jewish member of the West Virginia Legislature.
Lewisburg
This Greenbrier County community was named for the man who commanded the colonial force in the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Greer
This Huntington native is the only African-American born in West Virginia to be inducted in a major sports hall of fame.
Shepherdstown
This Jefferson County community was originally established as Mecklenberg.
Arter
This Jefferson County native, a prominent minister and educator, was the first African-American accepted to study at what is now Penn State University.
I.C. White
This Monongalia native was the first to use geology's Anticlinal Theory.
Fleming
This Morgantown native, formerly the voice of the West Virginia University Mountaineers, was the radio play- by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 28 years and is known for his dramatic call of the "Immaculate Reception," Franco Harris' miraculous TD catch in a 1972 Steelers-Raiders playoff game.
Burdette
This Nitro native, a pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves, won three games against the New York Yankees in the 1957 World Series.
Cass
This Pocahontas County community was named for the chairman of the board of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company.
Eleanor
This Putnam County community was named for the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Rowan
This Spanish-American War hero from Monroe County was immortalized in Elbert Hubbard's classic, "A Message to Garcia."
Wayne
This Wayne County community was formerly known as Trout's Hill and Fairview.
Kermit
This West Virginia community was named for the son of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Jefferson
This West Virginia county was named for the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Hatfield
This West Virginia governor settled an end to the 1912-13 Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike.
Henry Hatfield
This West Virginia governor was the nephew of "Devil Anse" Hatfield.
McVey
This West Virginia native made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables."
Holt
This West Virginia politician was known as the "Boy Senator."
Helvetia
This West Virginia town, settled in 1869 by a small group of Swiss immigrants, was named for the ancient Latin name for Switzerland.
Hoblitzell
This Wood County native played major league baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1918 before entering the army during World War I.
WVU marching band
This band is known as the "Pride of West Virginia."
Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge
This bridge built in 1817 is the oldest bridge still in use in West Virginia.
Boone
This county was named for a famous early frontiersman who lived in the Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.
John W. Davis
This distinguished educator and civil rights leader served as president of West Virginia State College from 1919 through 1953.
Debs
This five-time Socialist presidential candidate and labor organizer spent time as an inmate of the West Virginia Penitentiary for violation of the Espionage Act.
Woodson
This former Huntington resident is known as "the father of Black History."
McBride
This former astronaut, who piloted the Challenger when it was launched on October 5, 1984, was a Republican candidate for governor of West Virginia in 1996.
Rollins
This former resident of Keyser co-wrote the songs Here Comes Peter Cottontail and Frosty the Snowman.
Snead
This golf legend served as the golf professional at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs.
Bethany College
This institution of higher education is the oldest permanent West Virginia college which has not changed its name.
I 68
This interstate highway connects Morgantown and Cumberland, MD.
Azikiwe
This man, the father of Nigerian nationalism and the chief architect of that country's independence, attended Storer College in Harpers Ferry.
Yankovic
This man, who was born in Davis, West Virginia, was known as "America's Polka King."
Nutting
This man, who was born in Wheeling on March 29, 1962, is the chairman of the board and principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates major league baseball team.
Nash
This mathematician, who won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics, was born in Bluefield.
Manns Creek Railway
This narrow-gauge railroad hauled coal and lumber through an area that is now part of Babcock State Park.
Fellure
This resident of Hurricane was the nominee of the Prohibition Party for the presidential election in 2012.
Cacapon Resort State Park
This state park was created through Civilian Conservation Corps efforts.
Rockefeller
This woman serves as president and CEO of WETA, the third-largest producing station of national public television programming.
King
This woman, the author of the song "The West Virginia Hills," was born in Glenville on April 22, 1846.
Davis
This woman, who was the daughter of a presidential candidate from West Virginia, was the author of The Shenandoah, and other publications.
McCausland
What Confederate general from West Virginia was responsible for the burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War?
Baker
What Martinsburg native served as secretary of war during World War I?
Ceredo
What West Virginia community was named for Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and harvest?
Barnes
What West Virginia native won the gold medal in the shotput during the 1996 Olympic Games?
Pocahontas
What county is nicknamed the "Birthplace of Rivers?"
brook trout
What is West Virginia's state fish?
black bear
What is the state animal of West Virginia?
Sugar maple
What is the state tree of West Virginia?
Webster
What was the last county to be created before West Virginia became a separate state?
Vandalia
What was the name of the proposed 14th colony which included most of West Virginia?
Egnor
What was the real name of the 1950s television star known as Dagmar?
Byrd
The original name of this famous West Virginian was Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
Douglass
What well-known black abolitionist gave a speech at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on May 30, 1881, about John Brown?
Zane
What woman helped to save Fort Henry on September 12, 1782?
Ice Mountain
Where in West Virginia can you find ice occurring naturally all year round?
mine owners opposed unionization leading to conflicts at Matewan and Blair Mt.
Which of the following statements best describes the West Virginia coal fields between 1919 and 1921?
slaveowners had to pay full value for slaves
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1850?
Gilbert
Who designed the current West Virginia State Capitol building?
Myers
Who was West Virginia's first poet laureate?
Miller
Who was the first West Virginia native to serve as president of the United Mine Workers?
group effort to enforce demand by refusing to work
A labor strike is best defined as:
anticlinal theory of oil and gas accumulations
Among the pioneer scientists of West Virginia was Israel C. White, whose most outstanding contribution to the State's economic progress was his:
Dunbar
Benjamin Franklin Gravely, inventor of the Gravely garden tractor, originally built the tractors in an old factory in this Kanawha County community.
Wayne
Cabwaylingo State Forest is located in what county?
Nicholas
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park is located in what county?
coal and chemicals
The largest and most profitable activity of the railroads in West Virginia is the transportation of:
Webster
Holly River State Park is located in what county?
Switzerland
In 2005, which country ranked third among foreign countries in the number of people its companies employed in West Virginia?
Beall
In September 1864, this Jefferson County man carried out an elaborate plan to free Confederate prisoners from Johnson's Island in Lake Erie. He was later charged as being a spy and executed.
WV Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority
In early 2006, this agency, which oversees the West Virginia Turnpike, imposed a toll increase that was later overturned by a Kanawha County circuit court judge.
reside in the county issuing summons
In order to serve on a jury, a person must:
Monroe
Moncove Lake State Park is located in what county?
making furniture
Most hardwood lumber produced in West Virginia is shipped out of state for use in:
Pierpont and Kenna
Name the only two West Virginians whose statues stand in the U. S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.
Moore
On February 6, 1979, this woman, who was convicted of the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, was captured and returned to the women's federal penitentiary at Alderson after escaping the previous day.
Rosecrans
On July 11, 1861, Union troops under this brigadier general defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Rich Mountain.
Berkeley
On June 24, 1776, Virginia's Committee of Safety sent 13 prisoners captured from the British sloop Oxford to this present-day West Virginia county.
Children's Home Society
On May 4, 1896, this organization, which was dedicated to removing children from poorhouses and placing them with caring foster families, was formed in Charleston.
Mason
Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park is located in what county?
Charles Town
Powhatan College for Young Women (1900-14) was located in this Jefferson County community.
Martinsburg
The first national labor strike began in this West Virginia community.
MacCorkle
Sunrise, a Charleston museum located in an historic mansion overlooking the city, was built by this West Virginia governor.
unrest due to race relations
The Appalachian region has traditionally had all of the following problems, except:
White Sulphur Springs
The Greenbrier resort is located in what West Virginia community?
Parkersburg
The Sumnerite African-American History Museum and Multipurpose Center commemorates Sumner School, the first free school for African Americans in present-day West Virginia. In what Wood County community was the school located?
Fairlea
The West Virginia State Fair is held in this community.
Elkins
The annual Mountain State Forest Festival is held in this Randolph County community.
secretary of state
The elected official of our state who supervises elections of all state officials is:
Jefferson
The first Rural Free Delivery system of mail in the United States was implemented in this West Virginia county.
McDowell
The first food stamps issued in the United States were distributed in this West Virginia county.
constitutional union
West Virginia's first governor was a member of what political party?