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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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What railroad found itself under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?
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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia’s coalfields?
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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?
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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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Where does the song say that John Henry, West Virginia’s famous steel driver, defeated the steam drill?
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