Richmond, Virginia is the Capital
West Virginia didn't approve of slavery (Virginia held the HQ for the Confederacy at Richmond, so they were for it) and the Virginians who disapproved of slavery broke off and became West Virginia.
The 14th amendment granted former slaves citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States which included former slaves who had just been freed after the civil war.
The soviets where the first to reach Berlin: edit: wrong question sorry
