TN History

Question 1

What are the three grand divisions of Tennessee?

Answer 1

east middle west

Question 2

Tn ranks——in size?

Answer 2

36th

Question 3

Three major rivers in TN?

Answer 3

Cumberland, Mississippi, Tennessee

Question 4

Where is the capital of TN?

Answer 4

Nashville

Question 5

Name the three presidents that are from Tn>

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K. Pold

Question 6

Why was the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) created?

Answer 6

To improve navigation along river ways, to create dams for hydroelectric power and to control flooding.

Question 7

TN state tree is?

Answer 7

tulip poplar

Question 8

Tn State animal?

Answer 8

raccoon

Question 9

Tn state nickname?

Answer 9

The Volunteer state

Question 10

When was the nickname the Volunteer state given to Tennessee?

Answer 10

War of 1812

Question 11

Who designed Tn state flag? What do the three stars represent?

Answer 11

Leroy Reeves . The three grand divisions of Tn.

Question 12

Tn state horse is?

Answer 12

TN walking horse

Question 13

Tn state bird?

Answer 13

Mockingbird

Question 14

Tn state flowers?

Answer 14

Iris and Passion Flower

Question 15

How many counties are in TN?

Answer 15

95

Question 16

We Live in what county?

Answer 16

She has Maury . But if you put down Willisamson and explain I bet it would be ok.

Question 17

Tn was the ——-state to enter the Union?

Answer 17

16th

Question 18

How many states border Tn? Name them

Answer 18

8. Alabama,Arkansas,Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Missouri

Question 19

Who were the first inhabitants of what is now Tn?

Answer 19

The native americans.

Question 20

In the early 1540s the first——–came to Tn? They were led by Spains———-? What did they bring with them that forced out the Indians.

Answer 20

Europeans, Hernando do Soto, diseases

Question 21

What three main indian groups lived in Tn?

Answer 21

Cherokee, Shawnee and Chickasaw

Question 22

In 1789 North Carolina gave a portion of its land to the government. What happened to this land?

Answer 22

In 1796 it became TN.

Question 23

Who was first governor of Tn?

Answer 23

John Sevier

Question 24

Name two civil war battles.

Answer 24

Battle of Franklin and Gettysburg

Question 25

The civil war rocked the south in the 1800s mainly over the subject of-------?

Answer 25

slavery.

Question 26

Did the South want slavery?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

Did the North want slavery?

Answer 27

no

Question 28

what issue divided Tn in half?

Answer 28

slavery

Question 29

Who was president of the Union?

Answer 29

Abraham Lincoln

Question 30

Who was president of the Confederacy?

Answer 30

Jefferson Davis

Question 31

Was General Ulysses S. Grant for the Union or Confederacy?

Answer 31

Union

Question 32

Was General Robert E Lee for the Union of Confederacy?

Answer 32

Confederacy

Question 33

Lincoln was so unpopular in Tn what Happened?

Answer 33

He was left off of the ballot for presidency

Question 34

--------was a civil rights leader that was shot in------in 1968.

Answer 34

Martin Luther King. Memephis

Question 35

Our form of government is based on whos?

Answer 35

the native americans

Question 36

Name 3 branches of our government.

Answer 36

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

Question 37

Who is the governor of TN?

Answer 37

Bill Haslam

Question 38

TNs first capital was in?

Answer 38

Knoxville

Question 39

Tn first constitution was drafted in only -----weeks but it is one of the most difficult to-------------.

Answer 39

three. ratify or change.

Question 40

Our government is established to have a form of-----------------where no branch can have more power than the other.

Answer 40

checks and balances

Question 41

Tn was the first state to?

Answer 41

allow women to vote

Question 42

Tn has-----senate members?

Answer 42

33

Question 43

Tn has-----house members?

Answer 43

99

Question 44

Executive branch of Tn?

Answer 44

TN Governot

Question 45

What makes up the Tn Judicial Branch?

Answer 45

several courts in state, state supreme court.and lower courts

Question 46

Name three famous Tennesseans>

Answer 46

Kathy Bates, Kenny Chesney, Justin Timberlake

Question 47

In the 1830s during the American Revolution the native americans were forced to move west to the Oklahoma teritoy. This was called what?

Answer 47

Trail of Tears. Many Indians died because they were killed, disease and horrible travel conditions.