Early Statehood
When did Tennessee become a state?
What state was it part of before it became its own state?
June 1, 1796
North Carolina
Who was a central leader of the Red Sticks who fought in the Battle of Horsehoe Bend?
Chief Red Eagle
Defeating the British at the Battle of New Orleans
Tennessee was the ___________ state to leave the Union.
Tennessee was the ___________ state to rejoin the Union.
Last
First
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first requirement in the process of achieving statehood?
A population including 5000 male voters
What did Sequoyah invent?
Who did Abraham Lincoln appoint as military governor in Tennessee?
Andrew Johnson
Why did time zones come into existence?
the railroad - for keeping schedules
Who was President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the first governor of Tennessee?
John Sevier
What did Sequoyah call the pages of written English that he saw?
Talking leaves
What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?
Slaves in Confederate states were set free
Who became famous at the Battle of Shiloh?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Commander of the Union Army?
General Ulysses S. Grant
What event gained Tennessee 16 new counties while forcing Chickasaw groups from their land?
The Jackson Purchase
Who was a frontiersman and congressman in Tennessee opposed to taking Indian lands from the tribes?
Davy Crockett
What experiment near Memphis trained freed slaves to live independently?
Nashoba
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who was the Commander of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
In early frontier days, what was the best way to move things in Tennessee?
Rivers
What was the LAW that required the removal of the Cherokee from the eastern United States to Oklahoma?
Indian Removal Act
When did Tennessee voted to secede from the Union? Which Grand Division did not want to secede?
June, 1861
East Tennnesse
How did Tennessee get its nickname, "The Volunteer State?"
Large numbers of people volunteered to fight in the War of 1812.
Union