Chapter 12

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Where was the last significant fighting

in the Kanawha Valley in 1861?

Carnifex Ferry

Which battle is sometimes called

the “first land battle of the Civil

War?”

Philippi

What battle was nicknamed “the

battle of forks and spoons?”

Kesler’s Cross Lanes

Stonewall Jackson played an important

role in the fight to control what

railroad?

Baltimore and Ohio

Which campaign had as its objective to

overthrow the Restored Government

of Virginia?

Jones-Imboden Raid

What body created the Restored

Government of the State of Virginia?

Second Wheeling Convention

What U.S. Senator from western

Virginia tried to block the statehood

movement?

John Carlile

Who introduced West Virginia’s

petition for statehood in the United States

Senate?

Waitman T. Willey

Where did the Restored Government move its

offices after West Virginia became a

state?

Alexandria, Virginia

What amendment settled the slavery

question and allowed West Virginia’s petition

for statehood to go forth?

Willey Amendment

Who was the Confederate

commander at Rich Mountain?

John Floyd

Who was the governor of the

Restored Government of

Virginia?

Francis Pierpont

Who was the first governor of West

Virginia?

Arthur Boreman

Who was one of West Virginia’s first two

U.S. Senators?

Waitman T. Willey

Peter Van Winkle

Who was West Virginia’s first

Secretary of State?

J. Edgar Boyers

What Civil War battlefield became

West Virginia’s first state park?

Droop Mountain

In what county did the Battle of Scary Creek take place?

Putnam County

In what county is Corrick’s Ford

located?

Tucker County

In what county is Philippi located?

Barbour County

What town is Rich Mountain near?

Beverly

In what county is Rich Mountain

located?

Randolph County

In what county is the plantation home of

Albert Gallatin Jenkins?

Cabell County

What academy did John McCausland

attend?

Buffalo Academy

In what county is Droop Mountain

located?

Pocahontas County

Where is the Belle Boyd House?

Martinsburg (Berkeley County)

What is the term that describes an “official

or public announcement?”

Proclamation

What is a term that means “to stop

shipping?”

Blockade

What name is given to “a detailed plan for using military

forces?”

strategy

What term describes a

“regulation or decree?”

Ordinance

What name is given to a group of

presidential advisers?

Cabinet

Make your wager

What was the first name suggested for

West Virginia?

Kanawha