Why is Virginia Split in 2 States?

Why is Virginia Split in 2 States?

0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Colonial Period
2:31 - Start of the separation
4:03 - Brown's Rebellion
5:33 - The Civil War and Separation
8:24 - Reunification process

As the colony of Virginia developed in the following 2 centuries, the two Virginias were already forming. Low-lying Virginia was wealthier and controlled by the slave-owning elite who wielded government power to protect their own interests and reinvest in their communities. Meanwhile, West Virginia was neglected. Very little money went to developing its infrastructure so it remained a poorly governed frontier. Already by the early 19th century, talk of secession started

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[matthewdockter]

Because West Virginians know what's right! Long Live The Republic!

[JVMMauro]

🎵"West Virginia, mountain mama"🎶

[gillesaboubechara]

Actually in the 70s, 80s and 90s all the way until mid 2000s, West Virginia voted mostly Democrat while Virginia voted mostly Republican. Until they shifted again in 2008

[felixnimo]

It became a state for us to have the amazing song of »Country Roads« 👍🏻

[alexm]

Why does the text on Tennessee say "OR"? Isn't that Oregon?

[jbonn]

As someone from West Virginia that married a Virginian I love the video. Keep it up.

[Tennesseeball]

East Tennesseans, led by Unionist leaders like Andrew Johnson and William G. 'Parson' Brownlow, attempted to separate from Tennessee and even sent representatives to the federal government to gain support for their cause. They wanted to form a separate, Union-aligned state, similar to what West Virginia would eventually achieve. However, Tennessee's state government, which was controlled by Confederate sympathizers, quickly suppressed this movement and then imposed martial law to prevent any organized rebellion.

[TomSherwood-zl]

Having had a car break down in the middle of the night in W.Va. I got to say, it sure seemed scary for awhile but I survived.

[jeanbaptistevallee]

Mountain folk don`t hold with slavery.

[Stevew]

As a native West Virginian it is worth noting that West Virginia was admitted to the union as a slave state with the provision that it would abolish slavery in the near future. Also to hear non-West Virginians trying to pronounce Kanawha is always good for a laugh. Your attempt at pronouncing it was laughable.

[sears]

A video on some of the crazy stuff of Arizona would be nice

[SteveBeairsto]

While I understand the many reasons why they broke in 2, doesn’t the U.S. constitution specifically forbid the formation of a new state out of an existing state? So possibly, the formation of West Virginia was unconstitutional. Yes, it happened during the Civil War, with both areas having different allegiances and ideologies, but the SCOTUS could have ordered them back together again when the war ended.

[SoldierOfHeaven]

Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads

[eddieschwab]

Context needed on that last part about the political alignment. For many years the Democrats dominated West Virginia even after Virginia became more Republican in terms of its political Outlook especially in the 80s and 90s in fact West Virginia did not shift Republican until the Democrats begin their war on coal. Virginia on the other hand has turned a sickening shade of blue but for one reason and one reason only the immediate counties around the District of Columbia which has a lot of federal employees living there especially Fairfax and Loudoun counties the political environment in Virginia is a little more Rocky because the governor is only allowed one term and more recently because of other social issues such as critical race Theory the governor's mansion has gone back to the Republicans and even with Glenn Duncan limited to one term is Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears is a shoe-in for replacing him. Now back to West Virginia of course outgoing Senator Joe manchin had left the Democratic party but he still caucused with them he had been the previous governor of the state several years back when he appointed himself to take over the senate seat after the death of Robert Byrd certainly because of the war on coal the state had already been trending to the red column and a lot of that also accelerated him going independent butt of course the other Senator Shelley Moore Capito took over from Jay Rockefeller in many ways West Virginia is more like another area that used to be part of Virginia that broke away and that is Kentucky because likewise adversely affected by the war on coal both in the Eastern Mountain is part of the state as well as the Western coal fields and much like West Virginia Kentucky is a state that has been slow to embrace Republicans and has periodically in various offices backslid towards the Democrats name me the governor's mansion but it is also not the Democratic party of Happy Chandler anymore. But within my lifetime the governor's mansion both US Senate seats and congressional seat in my home District were all held by democrats end my home county Warren County home of Bowling Green third largest city in the state used to be 10 to 1 Democrat by registration. Now we're about 58% Republican in terms of registration but there's a saying was attributed I believe to Mark Twain and I've heard it said both about Kentucky or West Virginia saying that when the world ends I want to be in either of those because everything happens 20 years late....

[mrkjsmooth]

West Virginia had to pay Virginia the equivalent of 700, 000, 000 dollars to become a state

[DumpTruckSteve]

Completely distracted by TN being labeled OR. Idk what you even said

[Randy-nkne]

Blue ridge mountains are NOT in west virginia. They are in Virginia. John Denver got it wrong too.

[OnlySteph]

I’m so proud of this channel, they finally filled in Oklahoma as a confederate state… Chattel slavery in Indian territory, proved that they also wanted to be part of the confederacy, even though there were union holdings in the state😬

[garymatthews]

And why were the 2 Eastern Counties so important to be part of West Virginia and the Union? Because the Baltimore & Ohio RR runs through those counties and the Feds wanted control of that railroad.