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Tennessee History 1
Up through midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| # of counties in TN | 95 |
| TN is divided into ____ divisions | Three |
| The nine geological regions include: | Unaka Mountains, Great Valley of East TN, Western Valley, Plateau slope of West TN, Mississippi Flood Plain, Central Basin, Western and Eastern Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau. |
| River systems in TN | Mississippi River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River |
| Two Native American Burial Mounds in TN | Old Stone Fort and Pinson |
| First group of people in TN | Paleo Indians |
| When did Tennessee become officially a state? | June 1st, 1796 |
| First European in TN | Hernando de Soto, 1540 |
| Atlatl | Spear-thrower |
| First French in TN | Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in 1673 |
| First Englishmen in TN | James Needham and Gabriel Arthur |
| Andrew Jackson became a war hero as a result of the Battle of ______. | New Orleans |
| First Governor of Tennessee | John Sevier |
| Reelfoot Lake is in the state's ______ corner | Northwest |
| The Land Compact of 1806 did | Reserved 100,000 Acres for two colleges (Cumberland and East TN University), Feds would have ungranted land in TN, TN would provide 640 acres every six mile square |
| Controversial U.S. Senator for TN | William Blount |
| Great outpouring of religious enthusiasm in early 1800's | Second Great Awakening |
| Humanistic governor in 1820s | William Carroll |
| By 1819, Indian claims were eliminated except for | The Cherokees in Southeast TN |
| Temperance Movement Activist | William G. Brownlow |
| During 1840's the dominant TN political party was the _____ | Whigs |
| ________ _________ was publishing one of the nation's first antislavery newspapers | Elihu Embree |
| In the antebellum era there were ____ social classes | three |
| In antebellum TN, enslaved workers | were more numerous in West TN |
| ________ _______ was a northern reformer who came to Nashville in 1847 as a part of a nation wide crusade on behalf of the mentally ill | Dorthea Dix |
| In antebellum TN, people were introduced to forms of transportation like _______, ______, and ________. | Railroads, turnpikes, and steamboats |
| ______ has been an important resource throughout history | Iron |
| Colonists constructed an iron furnace in __________-. | Jamestown |
| Iron ore is ______ in East TN, while in the western highland rim it is _____. | Red, Brown |
| First to establish an iron furnace in the TN region | James Robertson |
| Tennessee's most famous iron master | Montgomery Bell |
| Only existing iron village | Cumberland Furnace in Dickson County |
| Danial Boone based himself out of a place called _____ Grove. (Modern day Bristol.) | Sapling Grove |
| Four settlements in pre east TN | Carter's Valley, North Holston, Watauga, Nolichucky |
| Reasons for coming to TN from VA and NC include | Overcrowding, less productive land, Legal/financial difficulties, anger toward political leaders |
| Judge Richard Henderson organized the ________ Land Co. to acquire land from the Cherokees | Transylvania |
| James Robertson went through _____ to get to French Lick (Nashville) | KY |
| John Donelson went down the ___ river to get to Nashville | Holston |
| Leading Presbyterian minister | Rev. Samuel Doak |
| Dec 1784 brought about the state of _______ | Franklin |
| John Sevier was elected as first governor of | Franklin |
| 3 steps to becoming a state | Elect a governor until population reaches 5,000. Then appoint house of representatives, then when population reaches 60,000 then it is eligible to become a state |
| George Roulstone oversaw the first state paper: the _____ _______- | Knoxville Gazette |
| Governor in 1821 | William Carroll |
| Governor in 1827 | Sam Houston |
| Andrew Jackson became president in | 1828 |
| Governor in 1835 | Newton Cannon |
| Three white social classes | Aristocrats, Yeomen, and Poor |
| The Civil War ended on | February 1st, 1865 |
| The Appalachian Mountain Range is __________ Years Old | 400,000,000 |
| The Appalachian Mountains cover | WV, NY, TN, GA, and PA |
| Most Important Scots-Irish Instrument is the _______ | fiddle |
| The Overmountain men fought in the Battle of ______ ______. | King's Mountain |
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