WV Golden Horseshoe Practice Test 2

Mason county native Michael Owens was an automation pioneer in which industry?

The Randolph County Communit of Helvetia was settled in 1869 by immigrants from:

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

In 2006, this man became the nation's longest serving U.S. Senator.

The exploits of this West Virginian during the Spanish American War were documented in A Message to Garcia

This Beverly native was renowned for his design and construction of covered bridges on western Virginia turnpikes.

Prehistory is divided into time periods. Which of the following is not a criteria used in establishing these periods?

This former Huntington resident is known as the father of black history.

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

On December 6, 1907, the worst mine disaster in U.S. History occured in this Marion County community.

One of the results of the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Hard Labor was

This Kanahwa County native is a CMA award winning singer whose song Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses was a # 1 hit.

Harman Blennerhassett was indicted for this crime because of his plot with Aaron Burr.

This architect designed the present WV State Capitol building

As a direct result of New Deal's National Industry Recovery Act:

According to a MSHA report issued in May 2007, what was the primary cause of the Sago Mining Disaster in January 2006?

The author of The Good Earth was a WV native and the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Which of the following is not associated with the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?

A dam burst in 1972 on Buffalo Creek killing 125 people and leaving around 400 homeless. This resulted in:

After John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, he was tried on 3 charges. What were they?