Tennessee
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- dordell hull
- the tnsean who recieved the nobel piece prize for his role in setting up the UN
- executive
- branch of tns government has the responsibility to implement and enforce laws collect taxes and premote the well being of the state and its citizens
- tributaries
- name given to a small river that flows into a larger river
- robert cavelier
- in 1682, this french explorer claimed the entire mississippi river valley for the king of france
- elk
- in late 2000, these animals were released into the royal blue wildlife reserve near caryville, tn
- legislative
- this branch of government has the power to make state laws based on the ppls wishes
- 1783
- the year the united states won its independence from great britan
- 1917
- year that tn entered WWI
- anne dallas dudley
- this woman was a state and national leader in the woman suffrage movement
- james k. polk
- in 1844, this man from tn was elected president
- wolunteer state
- nickname given to tn
- andrew johnson
- the president that forced the cherokee to resettle in oklahoma
- 1929
- the year that the great depression began
- knoxville
- the city that first served as the capital
- tennessee valley authority
- what do the initials TVA mean
- civil cases
- name given to a trial of a person or group charged with causing injury to another persoin or group
- home rule
- term which means the legal right self government
- veto
- means to disapprove a bill which prevents it from becoming a law
- new deal
- ine 1933 pres roosevelt launched this program which aimed to rebuild the countrys economy
- abraham lincoln
- the president of the us during the civil war
- hernando de soto
- the first european to reach tn
- 500
- from east to west, tn is about how many miles
- fort nashbourough
- name of the settlement that eventually became the city of nashville
- seceded
- this term means to withdraw from a national government
- tennessee
- the river formed by the joining of the holston abd french rivers and is the main waterway in the middle and southern parts of tn
- natchez trace
- the road that goes from nashville tn to natchez ms
- cordell hull
- the tnsean who was secerarty of state during WWII
- alluvial plain
- term used to describe an area that is built up by rich fertile soil left by river floods
- cherokee,chickasaw,yuchi,shawnee
- 4 main groups of native americans that lived in tn
- judicial
- name given to the branch of government which provides a sstem to settle civil disputes to protect the rights of citizens and to rule on conflicts between laws and the state constituion
- service indstries
- name given to businessed that provide services to ppl instead of producing goods
- memphis
- name tns largest city
- dean
- mayor of tn
- june 1, 1796
- date that congress approved tn to become a state
- tulip poplar
- state tree of tn
- iris
- state flower of tn
- bluffs
- term used to describe a steep cliff
- bredeson
- the governor of tennessee
- criminal cases
- name given to trial of a peson charged with breaking the law
- catfish
- state fish of tn
- battle of shiloh
- during the civil war, more men were killed in this battle than any of americas previous battles
- reelfoot lake
- tn's only natural lake
- memphis
- this tn city became a major cotton shipping port
- july 1866
- date that tn reentered the union after the civil war
- william blount
- president george washington appointed this man as the territorial governor of the tn region
- east
- the part of the state that produces timber
- 34th
- of the 50 states, tn is ranking in size
- alvin c york
- during WWI, this tnsean won the congresional medal of honor
- mississippi
- the river which forms the border of tn on the west
- davy crocket, sam houston, jim bowie
- the 3 tn's that helped texas win its independence from mexico
- mockingbird
- the state bird of tn
- cabinet
- name given to the departments that perform duties for the executive branch
- 1870
- the year that tn's present constituion was adopted
- clans
- this term refers to a group of ppl related to one another
- blue ridge
- these mountains run along the eastern border of tn and are part of the applachian mts
- nashville
- in the early 1800's, this city became the capital of tn
- memphis
- the city where dr. MLK jr was assassinated
- 6
- the number of physical regions in tn
- 8
- the number of states that tn borders
- 19th
- this amendment to the constitution gave the women the right to vote
- nashville basin
- are that forms the states major agricultural region
- james robertson
- the man that led about 3000 settlers into the region that would eventually become nashville
- bituminas
- the name given to soft coal
- stone and partially crushed limestone
- the most widespread product mined in tn
- john sevier
- the first governor of tn
- lieutenant governor
- if anything happens to the governor of tn, who runs in place of the governor
- 1776
- the year the american colonies declared their independence from great britan
- al gore jr.
- the tnsean who served two terms as vice pres of the US under pres. clinton
- watauga association's constituion
- the first written plan to govern the european settlers west of the applachian mts
- reconstruction
- used to descrive the period after the civil war
- apperllate
- type of court that rules on a lower courts descion
- oak ridge
- the city that built by the us government in eas tn for the development and production of the stomic bomb
- cumberland
- the river that flows through nashville
- TVA
- what organization is the major producer of electricity in the southern US
- ridges
- term used to describe a narrow range of hills