Tennessee - Political   Capital Nashville Largest City Memphis Major Cities Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville Nicknames Volunteer State Area 42,244 sq. miles Population 5,998,293

 

Tennessee - Physical features   Physical Features Cumberland Plateau, Appalachian Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains, Cumberland Gap, Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley Rivers Mississippi, Tennessee, Cumberland Highest Point Clingman’s Dome Bordering States Kentucky (north), Virginia (northeast), North Carolina (east), Georgia (southeast), Alabama (south), Mississippi (southwest), Arkansas (southwest), Missouri (west) National Parks Great Smoky Mountains NP (shared with North Carolina) Key Products Tobacco, Aluminium Natural Resources Zinc (Tennessee is the nation’s largest producer of this mineral)

 

Tennessee - History   1540 Hernando De Soto explores area 1763 Britain gets control over region after winning the French and Indian War 1769 Explored by Daniel Boone 1780 Fort Nashborough founded on the Cumberland river, which later became Nashville 1796 Tennessee enters Union as the 16th state 1861-1865 Although Tennessee joined the Confederacy during the Civil War, there was much pro-Union sentiment in the state, which was the scene of extensive military action Present Day Nashville is nicknamed Music City, USA, and is the nation’s music capital

 

Tennessee - Facts   The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) operates many dams and reservoirs along the Tennessee river and provides electricity to the state The southern extension of the Allegheny Plateau, which is located in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, is known as the Cumberland Plateau, which covers most of the state The Cumberland Gap is a mountain pass, approximately 1600 feet in elevation, linking the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, spent much of his life at the Hermitage, located 12 miles east of downtown Nashville Major Ports of Tennessee : Memphis- on the Mississippi river,Nashville and Clarksville- on the Cumberland river,Chattanooga and Knoxville- on the Tennessee river Clingman’s Dome spans the border of Tennessee and North Carolina The "Land Between the Lakes", a famed tourist spot, takes its name from its geographical position: between Lakes Barkley on the Cumberland river and Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee river. The Land Between the Lakes was developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to foster tourism and travel in Kentucky and Tennessee Memphis, home of the famous American singer Elvis Presley, and Nashville are famed music capitals Franklin was an autonomous territory created in western North Carolina and present-day eastern Tennessee during 1784-1788, shortly after the American Revolution. However, Franklin was never admitted to the Union as a state Daniel Boone, a famous American pioneer and explorer, founded the Wilderness Road, a trail for immigrant settlers across south and central Kentucky. A part of Wilderness Road passed through the Cumberland Gap A museum in Memphis commemorates Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s assasination Tennessee and Missouri, its neighbor to the west across the Mississippi river, borders 8 states, more than any other state