TENNESSEE HISTORY

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TENNESSEE HISTORY
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Tennessee State Seal
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Tennessee State Flag
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TENNESSEE INFORMATION State size 42,144 square
miles (34th in size) State Capital Nashville
(named after Francis Nash a Revolutionary war
General) Major cities Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Memphis and Nashville
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Admission to union The 16th State Date entered
the union June 1, 1796 Origin of state name
Named after the Indian village
"Tanasi". Nicknames The Volunteer State
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Bordering states Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia,
North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
and Arkansas State bird Mockingbird State
flower Iris State tree Yellow Poplar Motto
Tennessee - America at its Best
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Tennessee Government
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Governor Phil Bresden
Tennessees Current Governor
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Tennessee State Government
Executive Branch Governor Judicial Branch
State Supreme Court Legislative
Branch House of Representatives
and Senate
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State Legislative Branch
House of Representatives consist of 99 members
who serve a 2 year term in office. There are 99
representatives, one for each county.
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Legislative Branch
Senate consist of 33 members who serve a four
year term in office. The state is divided into
33 senatorial districts from which each senator
is elected.
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State Government Powers

• Education
• Police
• State Highways
• Trade inside the state
• Collect taxes
• Set up banks
• Set up courts
• Borrow money

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The Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee
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Tennessee is divided into the Three Grand
Divisions

• West Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• East Tennessee

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West Tennessee
Major City Memphis known for being a center of
shipping and trade for the South. Home of Elvis
Presley, and Oprah Winfrey. Mississippi River is
a major water route for the south which is
located in West Tennessee.
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Middle Tennessee
Major City Nashville which is the capitol city
of Tennessee and known for being the road way to
country music. Home of Andrew Jackson, Fred
Thompson, and Al Gore, Jr.. Cumberland River and
Tennessee River are tributaries to the
Mississippi River.
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East Tennessee
Major Cities Knoxville (Home of the UT Vols) and
Chattanooga, which is known for the Chattanooga
Cho Cho and Look Out Mountain. Home of Davey
Crockett and Dolly Parton.
Rivers include the Holston River and the
Tennessee River. It is also home to the most
visited National Park in the United States, The
Great Smokey Mountains.
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Tennessee Population
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Tennessee Population Today
Population (2002) 5,797,289 (16th in size)
The Population of Tennessee lives in both Rural
(country) and Urban (city) areas.
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Tennessee Statehood
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Statehood
June 1, 1796 Tennessee became the 16th state to
join the United States of America.
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Important Figures of Tennessee History
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John Sevier
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John Sevier
Tennessee voters chose Sevier to be their first
governor. He was governor for 12 years. He
directed the government to build roads, worked
with Native American tribes to gain more land for
settlers. He is for whom Sevier County is named
after.
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Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson
Jackson played a role in founding the city of
Memphis and won election to the United States
Congress. During the war of 1812 he volunteered
to fight and earned the nickname Old
Hickory. Jackson was elected 7th president of
the United States in 1828 and elected a second
time in 1832 because he was a war hero. Jackson
was seen as a man of the people-strong,
independent, and close nature.
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Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson
Five days after the war ended, President Abraham
Lincoln was killed. His Vice President, Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee became the seventeenth
President of the United States. He led our
country through the Reconstruction Period.
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James K. Polk
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James Polk
James Polk was a United States Representive and
a speaker of the House. He was elected to be the
11th president of the United States. During his
office America extended its western border to the
Pacific Ocean.
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Austin PeayGovernor of Tennessee
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AUSTIN PEAY Governor of Tennessee 1901-1927
Native of Kentucky and the first and only
Governor of Tennessee to die while in office.
Austin Peay University is named after him. Was
known for his work towards the transportation(road
s) in Tennessee
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Anne Dallas Dudley Nashville native and women's
suffrage leader
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Martin Luther King, Jr. A Civil Rights Activist
who is most famous for his speech I Have A
Dream King was killed in Memphis, TN on April
4, 1968 by James Earl Ray