USA HISTORY

Virginians were divided about secession from the Union which led to the formation of ____

(A) Tennessee

(B) ** West Virginia

(C) Kentucky

Concept note-1: -Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union, leading to the separation from Virginia, and formalized by West Virginia’s admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863. West Virginia was one of five Civil War border states.

Concept note-2: -West Virginia Statehood, June 20, 1863.