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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ TEN-iss-EE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South. The Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and the Cumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys and waterfalls. The central part of the state is marked by cavernous bedrock and irregular rolling hills, and level, fertile plains define West Tennessee. The state is twice bisected by the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River forms its western border. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is in eastern Tennessee.

Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its name derives from Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ), a Cherokee town preceding the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory, before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with most of its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy, and most of the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to officially secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, and the first former Confederate state readmitted to the Union after the war had ended during the Reconstruction era. (Full article...)

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The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council, was notable for its early success and its emphasis on disciplined nonviolence. It was part of a broader sit-in movement that spread across the southern United States in the wake of the Greensboro sit-ins in North Carolina.

Over the course of the Nashville sit-in campaign, sit-ins were staged at numerous stores in the central business district. Over 150 students were eventually arrested for refusing to vacate store lunch counters when ordered to do so by police. At trial, the students were represented by a group of 13 lawyers, headed by Z. Alexander Looby. On April 19, Looby's home was bombed, although he escaped uninjured. Later that day, at least 3,000 people marched to City Hall to confront Mayor Ben West about the escalating violence. When asked if he believed the lunch counters in Nashville should be desegregated, West agreed that they should. After subsequent negotiations between the store owners and protest leaders, an agreement was reached during the first week of May. On May 10, six downtown stores began serving black customers at their lunch counters for the first time. (Full article...)

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Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn,
1860s lithograph by Currier and Ives

The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater.

On February 4 and 5, Grant landed two divisions just north of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. (The troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's successful Army of the Tennessee, although that name was not yet in use.) Grant's plan was to advance upon the fort on February 6 while it was being simultaneously attacked by Union gunboats commanded by Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote. A combination of accurate and effective naval gunfire, heavy rain, and the poor siting of the fort, nearly inundated by rising river waters, caused its commander, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, to surrender to Foote before the Union Army arrived. (Full article...)

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Image 1Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 2A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 3Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 4Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 5Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 6The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 7The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 9The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 10Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 11Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 12Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 13Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 15A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 16The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 17The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 19Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 20Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 21Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 22Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 23Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 24The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 26The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 27Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 28in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 29A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 31Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 32Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 33The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 34Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 35John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 36Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 37Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 38Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)

Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 40in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 41Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 42The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 43Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 441861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 45Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 46Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 47Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 48The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 49Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    50–60%
(from Tennessee)
Image 50Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 51Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 52The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 53Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 54Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 55Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 56Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 57Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 58A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 59The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 60Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 61Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 62Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 63The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 64Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 65The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 66The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 67The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 68The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 70Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 71Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 72The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 73Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 74Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 75Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 76Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 77Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 78Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 79A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)

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... that the 75/24 Split in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been one of the worst bottlenecks for trucks in the United States?
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
... that when guitarist Pete Wade was 19, he moved to Nashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers of Don Helms and Jerry Rivers?
... that Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, modeled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the statehood of Tennessee in 1996?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?

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