The state of West Virginia was created from
a. land ceded by the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg.
b. land purchased from Britain.
c. Indian territories just to the west of Virginia. d.
counties in western Virginia that had seceded.
e. counties in western Virginia that had remained loyal to the Union.
ANS: E
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A. the Whig Party. B. the Federalist Party. C. the Republican Party. D. the Democratic Party.? E. the National Republican Party.
Which political era saw the longest period of Republican domination? Explain the origin and demise of party domination during this period
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One of the results of the Thirty Years' War was a new focus on ______ over religion
a. Catholic control b. Islamic control c. Protestant control d. secularism e. state control
A direct result of the resource curse is that it ________
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