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1
Ambassador and Clarksburg native Joseph S. Farland was involved with which one of the following secret missions.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
2
This governor served only a three-year term due to disputed election results.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
This governor pronounced martial law and called out the National Guard three times during the deadly Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
4
Congressman Jacob Beeson Blair was the first West Virginian to learn of the following?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
5
Who was governor when West Virginia's second (current) constitution was adopted?
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
6
Which governor supported the desegregation of schools following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
7
Who was the first former Confederate soldier to serve as governor of West Virginia?
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
8
Which governor also served as president of West Virginia Wesleyan College?
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
9
Who was both the youngest and oldest governor in West Virginia history?
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
10
Which one of the following associates of Governor Wally Barron did NOT serve prison time for corruption?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.

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