TENNESSEE HISTORY Bell Ringer What effects did

TENNESSEE HISTORY

Bell Ringer What effects did Tennessee have on United States History?

Tennessee History Learning Objectives 8. 20 Explain the impact of individuals who created interest in the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, including: (C, G, H, TN) • long hunters • Wilderness Road • Daniel Boone • Dr. Thomas Walker 8. 39 Identify the leaders and events and analyze the impact of western expansion to the development of Tennessee statehood, including: (G, H, P, TN) • William Blount • John Sevier • Rocky Mount • Treaty of Holston • Cumberland Gap • River systems • Natchez Trace • Jackson Purchase

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TENNESSEE INFORMATION State size: 42, 144 square miles (34 th in size) State Capital: Nashville (named after Francis Nash a Revolutionary war General) Major cities: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville

Admission to union: The 16 th State Date entered the union: June 1, 1796 Origin of state name: Named after the Indian village "Tanasi". Nicknames: The Volunteer State

Tennessee Government

Tennessee State Government Executive Branch: Governor Judicial Branch: State Supreme Court Legislative Branch: House of Representatives and Senate

The Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee

Tennessee is divided into the Three Grand Divisions • West Tennessee • Middle Tennessee • East Tennessee

West Tennessee

West Tennessee Major City: Memphis known for being a center of shipping and trade for the South. Home of Elvis Presley, and Oprah Winfrey. Mississippi River is a major water route for the south which is located in West Tennessee.

Jackson Purchase • The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, • Is a region in the U. S. state of Kentucky and Tennessee bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and Tennessee River to the east. • Officially part of Kentucky at its statehood in 1792, the land did not come under definitive U. S. control until 1818, when Andrew Jackson purchased it from the Chickasaw Indians.

Natchez Trace • Even before the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson wanted to connect the distant Mississippi frontier to other settled areas of the United States. • To communication with what was then called the southwest, he designated a postal road to be built between Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road (the southern branch of the road ended at Nashville) to the Mississippi River to Natchez Louisiana • Later used by farmers to return to farms in TN and KY After they delivered their harvest on the Mississippi River

Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Major City: Nashville which is the capitol city of Tennessee and known for being the road way to country music. Home of Andrew Jackson, Fred Thompson, and Al Gore, Jr. . Cumberland River and Tennessee River are tributaries to the Mississippi River.

East Tennessee

East Tennessee Major Cities: Knoxville (Home of the UT Vols) and Chattanooga, which is known for the Chattanooga Choo and Look Out Mountain. Home of Davey Crockett and Dolly Parton. Rivers include the Holston River and the Tennessee River. It is also home to the most visited National Park in the United States, “The Great Smokey Mountains”.

Cumberland Gap • Long Hunters and westward travelers used the Cumberland Gap which was brought to the attention of settlers in 1750 by Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer. • The path was explored by a team of frontiersmen led by Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Tennessee Statehood

Statehood June 1, 1796 Tennessee became the 16 th state to join the United States of America.

Important Figures of Tennessee History

William Blount

William Blount • Was the first governor to the Southwest Territory and the State of Franklin • Lived in in what is now Knoxville • The Articles of Confederation could not maintain the state, so he wanted the entire area to be come a state away from North Carolina influence • When Tennessee became a state he was first Senator to Washington DC

Holston Treaty • The Treaty of Holston (or Treaty of the Holston) was a treaty between the United States government and the Cherokee • Signed on July 2, 1791, and proclaimed on February 7, 1792. • It was negotiated and signed by William Blount, governor of the Southwest Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district and representatives of the Cherokee peoples, • The treaty established relations between the United States and the Cherokee, and established that the Cherokee tribes were to fall under the protection of the United States, with the United States managing all future foreign affairs for all the loosely affiliated Cherokee tribes.

John Sevier

John Sevier Tennessee voters chose Sevier to be their first governor of Tennessee. He was governor for 12 years. He directed the government to build roads, worked with Native American tribes to gain more land for settlers. He is for whom Sevier County is named after.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson played a role in founding the city of Memphis and won election to the United States Congress. During the war of 1812 he volunteered to fight and earned the nickname “Old Hickory”. Jackson was elected 7 th president of the United States in 1828 and elected a second time in 1832 because he was a war hero. Jackson was seen as a strong, independent man of the people-a common man who stood up for the common people.

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson Five days after the war ended, President Abraham Lincoln was killed. His Vice President, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee became the seventeenth President of the United States. He led our country through the Reconstruction Period.

James K. Polk

James Polk was a United States Representive and a speaker of the House. He was elected to be the 11 th president of the United States. During his office America extended its western border to the Pacific Ocean.

Nancy Ward

Nancy Ward • born as a member of the Cherokee tribe sometime around 1738, her Cherokee name was Nan’yehi. • as European settlers took over parts of Tennessee, she began to blend into the white world, and she became known as Nancy Ward. • She was known to help keep the peace between Cherokee people and the European settlers.

Nancy Ward • Nancy Ward, the famed Beloved Woman of Chota, rests in a small hilltop cemetery overlooking the Ocoee River, where U. S. Highway 411 crosses near the ancient ford of the Warrior's Path and the old Federal Road.

Group Work Follow up to last week’s lesson on Chapter 18 Group work on the following Questions: Identify the answers to the following questions for presentation 1. How was President Lincoln killed? 2. Was it a conspiracy? Why? 3. Who succeeded him as president? How effective was the new president? 4. How did people react to President Lincoln's death? 5. What do you think were the main issues that Congress needed to address during Reconstruction?