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Lincoln's Decision: Signing the West Virginia Statehood Bill
Examine President Abraham Lincoln's constitutional deliberations and his decision to sign the West Virginia statehood bill on December 31, 1862.
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The Formation of West Virginia: Timeline and Constitutional Tensions
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Sequence the historical events that created West Virginia and analyze the moral, ethical, and constitutional tensions surrounding its statehood during the Civil War.
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SS.5.26West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesSequence the events that led to the formation of the state of West Virginia (e.g., timeline).
SS.5.27West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the moral, ethical and legal tensions that led to the creation of the new state of West Virginia and how those tensions were resolved.