1. When West Virginia Was Still a Part of VA, Who Had Voting Rights?

Questions

1. When West Virginia was still a part of VA, who had voting rights?

( white males owning 25 acres of improved, or 50 acres of unimproved land)

2. Who had more representation in the state General Assembly in VA?

( Virginia)

3. What 2 years did delegates from the Shenandoah Valley attend conventions to address these problems? (1816 and 1825)

4. What benefits came out of these conventions? ( western region got a slightly more representation in the state government) Also, the creation of Board of Public Works that was supposed to develop more roads and canals in the western part of VA)

5. How did VA view the people of the western part of the state (second class citizens…”ungentrified “.

6. Write a short paragraph telling why the people of the western part of VA did not own slaves. (at least 6 sentences…Main idea, 4 details, and a concluding sentence). 7. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President, and VA wanted to break away from the union of Virginia, how did the western part of the state react? (Angry, because they wanted to remain in the Union)

8. Name the date that the western delegates marched out of the meeting that was held for a vote on breaking away from the union of Virginia . ( April 17, 1861)

9. Describe why it was not possible to determine how accurate the vote was by the western delegates to approve the Ordinance of Secession.

( vote tampering and destruction of records)

10. Name the date that the residents of 39 counties in western Virginia approved the formation of a new Unionist state. (Oct. 24, 1861)

11. Why was this vote questioned as not being accurate? (Union troops were stationed at many of the polls to prevent Confederate sympathizers from voting.)

12. List the reasons why the subject of slavery produced the most controversy. ( It was proposed that the gradual emancipation of slaves already in the state and freedom to all children born to slaves after July, 4, 1865. Many delegates opposed that, but they knew that they could not create a pro-slavery document and gain approval from congress). 13. Fill in this timeline three important events of when President Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia, and when we actually became a state.

14. How many counties were included in West Virginia when it first entered statehood? (46)

15. Name the oldest and youngest counties of WV (Hampshire is the oldest, Mingo is the youngest)

Map Activites

Look at the 2 West Virginia provided. List the counties on the eastern part of the newly formed state that are closest to Virginia