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In this state, Charles Grandison Finney led the first university to graduate Black women. The Kirtland Temple (10[1])is in this state, where (10[1])in 1830, Lyman Beecher became president of its Lane Seminary and oversaw 1834 abolitionist debates. A former Shaker settlement in this state (-5[1])names its suburb of Shaker Heights. (10[1]-5[1])A young John Brown moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve in this state, (10[2])the easternmost in which public schools were created under the Northwest Ordinance. After Virginia, this state (-5[1])has produced the most U.S. Presidents. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[2])the Toledo War was fought (10[1]0[1])between Michigan (10[1])and what state, (10[1])where a Roman hero is the namesake of Cincinnati? ■END■

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