Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
TENNESSEE REVIEW
Tennessee State Seal
Tennessee State Flag
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
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
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
Tennessee Government
Governor Phil BredesenTennessee’s Current Governor
What are the Three Grand Divisions of
Tennessee?
•West Tennessee
•Middle Tennessee
•East Tennessee
What forms the border of western Tennessee?
The Mississippi River
Which regions of Tennesseeborders the Mississippi River?
The Gulf Coastal Plain
Which Grand Division of Tennesseehas the largest deposits of coal?
East Tennessee
What type of maps shows mountainranges, rivers, and other physical
features.
Physical
Tennessee’s congressional district boundaries are
changed based on?
Census Returns
What industry is importantin Middle Tennessee?
Automobile Manufacturing
What direction from Tennesseeis Arizona?
West
What are the 3 major river systems of Tennessee?
CumberlandTennesseeMississippi
Name a natural resourceFound in all 3 Grand Divisions
of Tennessee.
WaterSoil
Trees
In what Grand Divisionwas copper found?
East Tennessee
What is the larges naturallake in Tennessee?
Reelfoot
What has TVA done forTennessee?
Built dams that created lakesBrought power to a lot of TN
Created jobsPrevented floods
Tennessee Statehood
June 1, 1796 Tennessee became the 16th state to join the United States of
America.
Statehood
Important Figures of Tennessee History
John Sevier
John SevierTennessee 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.
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 strong, independent man of the people-a common man who stood up for the common people.
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Andrew JohnsonFive 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.
James K. 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.
James Polk
Austin Peay
Governor of
Tennessee
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(roads) in Tennessee
Anne Dallas Dudley
Nashville native and women's suffrage (womens’ right to
vote) leader
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
Nancy Ward
Nancy Ward
• born as a member of the Cherokee tribe sometime around 1738, her Cherokee name was Nan’yehi.
• as European settlers took over parts of Tennessee, she began to blend into the white world, and she became known as Nancy Ward.
• She was known to help keep the peace between Cherokee people and the European settlers.
Nancy Ward• Nancy Ward, the famed Beloved Woman of
Chota, rests in a small hilltop cemetery overlooking the Ocoee River, where U.S. Highway 411 crosses near the ancient ford of the Warrior's Path and the old Federal Road.
