TN Through the History
The first people in TN arrived approximately this many years ago.
What is 15,000?
This Cherokee leader formed the Cherokee alphabet
What is Sequoyah?
The Civil War was fought between these two separated groups within our nation?
What is the North and South? (also known as the Union and Confederacy)
This West TN city is known for being a port city and highly involved in the cotton trade.
What is Memphis?
This is the most populated city in TN with a population 650,100.
What is Memphis?
Long before the Cherokee this group of Native Americans lived in TN.
What is the Mound Builders?
This US President signed and enforced the Indian Removal.
What is Andrew Jackson?
Tennessee was part of this side in the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
These are the eight border states of TN.
What is Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina?
Name the three presidents from TN.
Who are Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson?
After the early civilizations disappeared two main groups of Native Americans were discovered by European explorers; their tribes were named these two names.
What are the Cherokee and the Chickasaw?
The Indian Removal Act, forced the Cherokee to trek across the US to this state to settle.
What is Oklahoma?
Tennessee had the second highest number of major Civil War battles occur, this is the number of major battles that happened here.
What is 6?
This TN city features an Incline Railway to Lookout Mountain and a swinging bridge, where on a clear day, you can see 7 states.
What is Chattanoga?
This famous soldier, mentioned in our downtown walking tour, was famous for being a Civil War spy and not telling a secret thus causing him to lose his life. His statue was on the corner by the Capital building.
Who was Sam Davis?
This prominent fort, built in 1714, served as a center of fur-trading and business.
What is French Lick?
This is the name of the journey where the Cherokee were forced to walk to their new territory, many of the people died.
What is the Trail of Tears?
During the Civil War this person was the president of the US.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
The city of Knoxville lies in the shadows of these mountains.
What are the Smoky Mountains?
This incredible Civil Rights leader was assassinated in Memphis in 1968.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King jr.?
In 1795 the US Congress admitted TN as this number state to join the United States of America
What is the 16th state?
This TN city is named for the Cherokee word "rock that comes to a point".
What is Chattanooga?
This Tennessee man was President Lincoln's vice president, he later became the 17th president of the US.
What is Andrew Johnson?
This is TN oldest city and all three of TN's presidents have stayed in its famous Chester Inn.
What is Jonesborough?
This major body of water was formed from an earthquake in 1811.
What is Reelfoot Lake?