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| | Virginia, state, United States: History |
 | | In 1792, Kentucky, a Virginia county since 1776, was admitted to the Union as a separate state. |
 | | However, Virginia itself, stimulated by western complaints, embarked on a vigorous policy of internal improvements in the second and third decades of the 19th cent. |
 | | In 1870, after the Virginia assembly had ratified the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, the state was readmitted to the Union. |
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