State Symbols Flashcards
(14 cards)
limestone
TN rock
bottom of giant bowl because sitting on bed of limestone
part of ancient ocean all around us
created interior seaway
Stone River battlefield –> important during Civil War because maximized fire power –> Glades (Cedar of Lebanon)
agate
TN mineral
used to be state rock
2009 American and Afghanistan –> supplies made in Murfreesboro
Cedar of Lebanon
Cedar Bucket Industry
Stone River battlefield - maximizing firepower - lots of hand to hand combat - cedar trees and limestone bolders helped them maximize
named after Biblical forest
biggest industries used to make cedar buckets (Glades)
where can you find earliest TN fossils
Coon Creek Science Center
state bird
mockingbird
what is the state gem
freshwater pearls
interstate 40, west, western TN valley, Birdsong TN, mussles filter water (debris, irritant, substance, pearl)
becoming endangered
state commercial fish
catfish
state sport fish
largemouth bass
state animal
racoon
quote 2
Origin:
Dragging Canoe
Context:
Speaking out against Henderson’s excessive purchasing of land (Treaty of Sycamore Shoals)
Significance:
Why should we trust the English? They’re greedy & they don’t respect us. They’ll move us, kill us all off. We will not stand for this. Will ensure the land will become a dark & bloody one (they’ll have to take it by force).
Quote one
Significance:
a.) Article 29 of the Tennessee Constitution. Dealt with the Mississippi River and the navigation of it.
b.) TN Constitution of 1796
Context:
c. Remains to this day even though it’s unconstitutional at the Federal level
Origin:
d. Spain, Brit, France fight for control of MS river. Unfettered access=vital to economy of TN
the great seal of TN
agriculture: plow, wheat, cotton plant
commerce: flatboat
roman numeral XVI - 16
TN slogan
America at its best
state motto
agriculture and commerce
