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West Virginia facts
Facts about West Virginia
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History
4th Grade
01/07/2009

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robert sherman[image]What's the State Name?
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[image]West

Virgina

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What is the origin of State Name?

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Name given to western counties of Verginia witch refused to secede in 1863
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[image]What are the largest citys?
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Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Morgantown
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[image]What are the major rivers?
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Ohio, guyandotte, greenbrier rivers.

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[image]What is their land area?

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24,087 sq.mi.41st largest
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What are the boarder states?
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kuntuky, Maryland,Ohio, Pennsylvaina, and Virginia.[image]
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Where is west virginia university located?
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Monrgantown
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When was west virginia addmited into the union?
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June20,1863
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whitch presedent signed west virginia into the union.
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Presedent Aberham Lincon
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Where was west virginia's first capital located?

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Weelington,Ohio county
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[image]Who was Marsall University named after?
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Chief Justice John Marsall
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What is the name of one of the oldest rivers in the world in West Virginia
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The new river
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The dome on the capital is 292ft higher than what other capital.
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Nation's capital bilding in washingtion DC
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[image]What is the states leading industry.
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Toarism
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Slave abolitionist John brown was convicted of treston in what town?

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[image]Charlestown Jeferson County
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