State Symbols
Places
Famous Tennesseans
Civil War
Whatever!!
100
The state bird, state animal and state tree.
What is the mockingbird, the raccoon, and the tulip poplar
100
the capitol of TN?
What is Nashville
100
Who was the man who designed the TN State Flag
Who is Leroy Reeves
100
The years that the Civil War occurred.
What is 1861-1865
100
What year did TN become a state?
What is 1796
200
Name the 2 state insects and 2 state fish
What is the firefly, lady bug, the largemouth bass and the channel catfish
200
Name the 3 Grand Divisions and decide which grand division each of these TN cities are located. Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Jackson, Clarksville,
What is East, middle and west. Memphis-west. Nashville-middle, Knoxville-east, Jackson-west and Clarksville - Middle
200
Who is the only man who has held every office in the local, state and federal gov't including President of the United States.
Who is Andrew Johnson
200
List the 2 names for both groups who fought in the Civil War.
Who is the North(Union) and the South (Confederacy) Other names include Yankees and Rebels.
200
Who was our first governor and congressman?
Who is John Sevier and Andrew Jackson.
300
What is TN's nickname and how did TN get its nickname?
What is The Volunteer State because so many people volunteered to fight in the War of 1812
300
Name 2 famous sites from your tour of TN worksheet that are located in Memphis and describe what you will find if you visited those sites.
What is National Civil Rights Museum. What is Graceland. The museum honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Graceland was the home to Elvis.
300
Name the 3 Presidents from TN AND who was the first president from this state.
Who is Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk and Jackson was the first.
300
Name the Presidents of both the Union and Confederacy and name 2 famous generals for each.
Who is Lincoln (Union Davis (Confederacy) Grant, Union Lee (confederacy)
300
Because of our involvement in the development of the nuclear bomb and our many TVA dams, what nickname are we known by?
What is Energy Capital of the World.
400
Name the 2 state flowers and describe the difference in the 2. (besides the way they look)
What is the iris and the passion flower. The iris is the state cultivated flower and the passion flower is the state wild flower.
400
The Belle Meade Mansion is located in Nashville. What was the man's name who built the plantation.
Who is General Harding
400
Who is the Ryman auditorium named after, What was his profession and who helped influence this man that changed his life.
Who is Tom Ryman, he was a steamboat tycoon and the man who influenced him was Sam Jones.
400
How many people died in the Civil War? Also give the approximate population of both the Union and Confederacy at the time of the War.
What is 620,000 and 22 million for Union and 9 million for the Confederacy
400
Name the 6 main land regions in TN starting in the east.
What is Unaka Mountains, Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim, Nashville Basin and the Gulf Coastal Plain
500
What is the state motto, the state slogan and what is the state song and when was it adopted. Must specify between the motto and the slogan.
What is "Agriculture and Commerce" is the motto, The state slogan is "America at its best", and "Rocky Top is our state song and was adopted in 1982.
500
MLK JR. was killed in 1968 in Memphis. What was the name and room number of the hotel where he was gunned down by James Earl Ray?
What is the Lorraine Motel room 306
500
Who became the first female US Senator and was from Bakersville, TN
Who is Hattie Caraway (1878-1950)
500
Name the 3 battles in the Civil War that many argue were the bloodiest of the war.
What is Antietam, Gettysburg and Shiloh
500
What TN city and the only city in the US has a monument honoring both the Union and Confederate soldiers.
Where is Greenville
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