WV Golden Horseshoe 2 by Mr. Gordon 12 duplicated by Mr.Robinson

Question 1

Who was the 1st African American woman elected to the WV House of Delegates?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Simpson Drewry

Question 2

Who has the authority to select a person to fill a vacancy if a House of Delegates member dies?

Accepted Answer

Governor

Question 3

What is the name of the amendment to the state constitution which helped to free slaves in WV?

Accepted Answer

Willey Amendment

Question 4

Who was the acting governor of the "Restored Government of Virginia?"

Accepted Answer

Francis Pierpont

Question 5

The building of Hawk's Nest Tunnel in Fayette County in 1930-31 is remembered for...

Accepted Answer

Deaths of hundreds of laborers from silicosis

Question 6

What's the name given to the acting gov't of the western counties of VA before they became WV?

Accepted Answer

Restored Government of VA

Question 7

Which of the following statements about pre-historic cultures in WV is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

Adena tribes built ceremonial burial mounds

Question 8

Which combination of activities is depicted on the WV State Seal?

Accepted Answer

Farming, Mining, Hunting

Question 9

This former Huntington resident is known as the "Father of Black History."

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 10

Feb.26, 1972, A dam on Buffalo Creek collapsed, resulting in 125 deaths, resulting in...

Accepted Answer

A memorial at Kistler

Question 11

Who is the current State Treasurer of West Virginia?

Accepted Answer

John Perdue

Question 12

This award winning country singer's song "18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses" was a No.1 hit...

Accepted Answer

Kathy Mattea

Question 13

Author of "The Good Earth," first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

Pearl Buck

Question 14

1.Treaty of Paris, 2.Treaty of Charlotte, 3.Harpers Ferry, 4.Morgan Morgan, 5.Betty Zane

Accepted Answer

4,1,2,5,3

Question 15

Which of the following types of trees can NOT be found in West Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Bald Cypress

Question 16

How many justices serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals?

Accepted Answer

Five

Question 17

In 1716, this Lieutenant Gov. of Virginia led an expedition into the Shenandoah Valley.

Accepted Answer

Alexander Spotswood

Question 18

In the aftermath of his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown was tried for all of these except?

Accepted Answer

Robbery

Question 19

What were early explorers like Batts and Fallam and Needham and Arthur looking for?

Accepted Answer

Fur Trade and Land

Question 20

This circuit court judge is the 1st African American to serve as a federal judge in WV?

Accepted Answer

Irene Berger

Question 21

Exploits of this West Virginian in the Spanish-American War were told in "A Message to Garcia."

Accepted Answer

Andrew Summers Rowan

Question 22

During the Civil War, WV was important to both North and South for all reasons except what?

Accepted Answer

The division of VA would be a victory for the Confederacy

Question 23

The coal industry in WV did not become commercially viable until what?

Accepted Answer

The extension of railroads into the mountainous area

Question 24

Who is the current WV Speaker of the House of Delegates?

Accepted Answer

Tim Armstead

Question 25

Mason County native, Michael J. Owens was an automation pioneer in which industry?

Accepted Answer

Glass making

Question 26

As a result of the Virginia Land Law of 1730, Western Virginia...

Accepted Answer

attracted an ethnically and religiously diverse group

Question 27

Which of the following events in NOT associated with the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?

Accepted Answer

Sid Hatfield was shot and killed at the McDowell Co. Court

Question 28

What determines the layout and amount of legislative districts in WV?

Accepted Answer

Population

Question 29

Which of the following best describes the differences between East/West VA during Civil War?

Accepted Answer

WV was hilly/poorly suited for slave-supported plantations

Question 30

"O Beulah Land," a novel about early settlers in WV during the American Rev., written by who?

Accepted Answer

Mary Lee Settle

Question 31

2009, A coal-fired power plant in Mason County began a carbon sequestration project, meaning?

Accepted Answer

capturing carbon-dioxide and storing it underground

Question 32

Which of the following office holders and statements is NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

Francis Pierpont - 1st governor

Question 33

Dec.6, 1907, worst mine disaster in US history occurred here, resulting in at least 361 deaths.

Accepted Answer

Monongah

Question 34

Prehistory has 3 time periods, which of the following is NOT criterion for est. those periods?

Accepted Answer

Types of languages spoken

Question 35

1898, the case of Williams v. BOE of Tucker Co. brought to the WV Supreme Court, significance?

Accepted Answer

1st racial discrimination ruling in U.S. History

Question 36

Acres of Timber being cut down for various products, and those lands being replanted is ex. of?

Accepted Answer

Human Environmental Interaction

Question 37

Clarksburg native, served as Secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes...

Accepted Answer

Nathan Goff

Question 38

One result of the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hard Labor was...

Accepted Answer

A wave of colonial westward migration and settlement

Question 39

Charleston native was the 1st African American appointed to the GM board of directors..

Accepted Answer

Leon Sullivan

Question 40

Which of the following statements describe the WV coal fields between 1919 and 1921?

Accepted Answer

Mine owners opposed efforts to unionize, leading to violence

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