Before the civil war: virginia was united; however in 1863 west virginia chose to become independent. which is the most reasonable cause of west virginia’s secession from the rest of the state?
(a) the state was too large for only one legislature
(b) wesr virginia was defeated by the north early in war
(c) richmond virginia became the capital of the confederacy
(d) there was no slaveowners in west virginia
(e) political differences existed between west virginia and the eastern part of the state