5th : Tennessee Section Flashcards
What is known as the “Mother Church of Country Music?”
The Ryman Auditorium
What Tennessean said “all hostilities in those states in rebellion against the United States is virtually at an end?”
Andrew Johnson (then President in an address proclaiming the end of the Civil War)
Who died in Memphis on April 4th, 1968?
Martin Luther King, Jr
What is the name of the medical school located in Nashville which was founded in 1876 to develop African-American physicians?
Meharry Medical College
Dolly Parton was born and raised in what Tennessee county?
Sevier
What Tennessee Dam was demolished by TVA in 1968?
Hales Bar Dam near Chattanooga (replaced by NickaJack Dam 6 miles downstream)
What organization did Ida Wells co-found?
The National Association of Colored Women
What was the original occupation of Andrew Johnson?
Tailor (clothes maker)
Which former Tennessee U.S. Senator was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Reagan?
Howard Baker, Jr
What street in Memphis is considered the home of the blues?
Beale Street
Who was the first black Tennessean to be elected to the State House of Representatives?
Sampson W. Keeble (1872)
What Tennessean is credited with the saying: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, but how you played the game?”
Grantland Rice
What Tennessee lake covers the most area?
Kentucky Lake
What city is known throughout America as the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?
Gatlinburg
Tennessee’s Centennial celebration was held in what year?
1897 (It was one year late)
What Tennessee-born journalist became the first African American with a syndicated column?
Carl Rowan
What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Clarksville?
Interstate 24 or I-24
In what Tennessee “secret city” were parts of the atomic bomb built during World War II?
Oak Ridge
Who in 1964 became the first African American to be elected to the Tennessee State Legislature in the 20th Century?
A.W. Willis Jr.
In what town would you find “Graceland?”
Memphis
Which Tennessee county became the first to integrate public schools?
Anderson County
Who was the governor of Tennessee when the Great Depression hit the state?
Henry Horton
Of the eleven states which joined the Confederacy in 1861, where did Tennessee rank in order of entry?
Last or 11th
Tennessee’s Centennial celebration was held in what city?
Nashville
What Civil War Navy Admiral from Tennessee has a high school named for him in Knoxville?
David Glasgow Farragut
What was the name of the record company which produced Elvis’ first record?
Sun Records in Memphis
How did supporters of the women’s suffrage movement identify themselves in Tennessee during a special called meeting of the state legislature?
They wore a yellow rose
Who was the attorney sent to defend African Americans accused of wrongdoing in the 1946 Maury County race riot?
Thurgood Marshall
What Tennessee Civil War Battle was centered at the “Carter House?”
The Battle of Franklin
In what city was Andrew Johnson when he passed away in 1875?
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Which Tennessee president served during the Civil War?
Andrew Johnson (he was sworn in during the very last days of the conflict)
What was the last major Civil War battle fought in Tennessee?
The Battle of Nashville (December 15 and 16, 1864)
What state passed the 19th Amendment providing the final state needed to ratify the amendment into federal law giving women the right to vote?
Tennessee (on August 18, 1920)
What Nashville landmark is a full sized replica of a greek temple built in ancient Greece?
The Parthenon (pronounced PARTH UH NON)
What is the oldest continually running radio program in the United States?
The Grand Ole Opry
What part of Tennessee was so strong against leaving the union that they considered forming a separate state?
East Tennessee
Who served as military governor of Tennessee during the Civil War?
Andrew Johnson
What is the name of the community in which Alvin C. York lived?
Pall Mall, Tennessee (pronounced POWL- MOWL)
What famous person graduated from Humes High School in Memphis in 1953?
Elvis Presley
Who died on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial took place in what Tennessee town?
Dayton
What Tennessean was the first American to shoot down an enemy plane in combat during World War I?
Kiffen Rockwell (born in Cocke County)
Andrew Johnson was laid to rest in Greeneville with his head resting on what?
A copy of the US Constitution
In Tennessee, Interstate 40 runs in what general direction?
East and West
What was the unofficial title given to the first group of black students to attend an all white public high school in the South?
“The Clinton 12”
What do the names Fort Loudon, Watts Bar, Chickamauga, and Pickwick all have in common?
They are all names of TVA dams on the Tennessee River
What Tennessean was Chief of Staff for Ronald Reagan?
Howard Baker, Jr.
Who was the Tennessee State House member who changed his vote on the 19th amendment because of a letter his mother wrote to him?
Harry Burn
What Union Army and Navy victory opened the door to the unopposed invasion of Nashville during the early days of the Civil War?
Fort Donelson
Who was the U.S. Senator from Tennessee who chose to remain in Washington, D.C. when the Civil War broke out?
Andrew Johnson
The battle of Stones River was fought near what Tennessee city?
Murfreesboro
What East Tennessee county seat was saved from flooding by Eleanor Roosevelt?
Dandridge
In Tennessee Interstate 81 runs in what general direction?
North and South
What was the name of the Confederate Army that operated in Tennessee during the Civil War?
The Army of Tennessee
What Tennessean served as the US Secretary of State at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
Cordell Hull
In Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs in what general direction?
East and West
Which of the Tennessee Presidents was never elected?
Andrew Johnson (took over after Lincoln’s death in 1865 did not run in 1868)
Name a famous Civil Rights leader who trained at the Highlander Folk School in Grundy County.
Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr.
What show did WSM radio began broadcasting in 1925?
The Grand Ole Opry
Prior to TVA, what was the largest producer of electricity in Tennessee?
The Tennessee Electric Power Co. (or TEPCO)
Who was the first Tennessean to receive a telephone call in 1877?
Sarah Childress Polk the widow of James K. Polk
Name the wealthy Nashville woman who was Vice President of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association in 1920.
Anne Dallas Dudley
The “playground” for the Cumberland Homesteads is today known as what?
Cumberland Mountain State Park
What is Tennessee’s largest National Park?
The Great Smokies National Park
What was the first Interstate highway to be opened in Tennessee?
I-65
Name the bridge in Memphis which was the first to span the lower Mississippi River?
The Frisco Bridge
What was the original name of the first highway, from Michigan to Miami, passing through Tennessee?
The Dixie Highway
Who is known as the Empress of the Blues?
Bessie Smith
What is the name of the river which “crosses” Interstate 40 five times between Cookeville and Carthage?
The Caney Fork River
What was the original governmental name for Oak Ridge?
The Clinton Engineering Works
What interstate connects Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville?
Interstate 40
What television mini-series dominated the ratings the week Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as President?
Roots
Silver Dollar City in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee changed its name to what after being purchased by a prominent country music singer?
Dollywood
What famous author’s boyhood home can be found in Henning, Tennessee?
Alex Haley (the author of Roots)
Which Tennessee governor in 1920 called the legislature to a special session to consider the 19th amendment?
Albert H. Roberts
In what year was Tennessee’s current Constitution written?
1870
Who was the governor who sent National Guardsmen into Clinton to restore order a few weeks after the integration of a high school there in 1955?
Frank Clement
Mike McCully of Livingston became the first Tennessean to do what?
Go into Space
What Tennessean was the author of “Roots”?
Alex Haley
How do you spell the Smoky in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?
Capital “S” m o k y ( No “E”)
Andrew Johnson was a member of what political party?
Democrat
General William P. Sanders was killed in what Civil War battle fought in Tennessee?
The Battle of Knoxville
What high school was literally blown up by those opposed to desegregation in Tennessee?
Clinton High School (In Anderson County)
What was the name of the world renowned singing group from Fisk University?
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Birmingham, Alabama?
Interstate 65 or I-65
The mining of what element caused sulfuric acid to make its way into the ground around Ducktown, Tennessee killing the vegetation for miles ?
Copper
What Tennessee town is named after the Aluminum Company of America?
Alcoa
For whom is the Interstate system in Tennessee named?
Al Gore, Sr. (note: the SENIOR is vital to the answer)
Name the black man elected to the Tennessee General Assembly three times in the 1880’s.
Samuel McElwee
Who was the first black Tennessean to run for governor?
William Francis Yardley (1876)
Which former Governor of Tennessee has a state park named for him?
Henry Horton
What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Johnson City and Asheville, North Carolina?
Interstate 26 or I-26
What best-selling book,has sold the most copies of any book written by a Tennessean?
Roots written by Alex Haley
Where was the Grand Ole Opry performed from 1943 until 1974?
The Ryman Auditorium
What American President met with Elvis Presley at the White House?
Richard Nixon
Name the rustic valley located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?
Cades Cove
Who served as President of the United States when Alaska was purchased from Russia?
Andrew Johnson (in 1867)
What Tennessean was known as the “Great Conciliator?” (Conciliator is pronounced CUNSEAL-E-ATE-OR)
Howard Baker, Jr.
What Tennessee Civil War Battle became the first major victory of the war for General U. S. Grant?
Fort Donelson
What city in Tennessee welcomes visitors by saying “Welcome to____, Home of the 17th President of the United States?”
Greeneville
Who was the founder of the National Baptist Publishing Board?
Richard H. Boyd
Which prominent participant in the Scopes Monkey trial died 5 days after the trial ended in Dayton, Tennessee?
William Jennings Bryan
What was the term used to describe the allowing of black students to attend traditionally all white public schools?
desegregation (would also take integration)
What was the first dam built in the TVA system?
Norris Dam
In Tennessee Interstate 75 runs in what general direction?
North and South
What World War I hero has a high school named after him in Fentress county?
Alvin C. York
The Memphis hotel in which Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot is now the site of what?
The National Civil Rights Museum
What Tennessean is known as the “Father of the Blues?”
W.C. Handy
What Tennessean became the first full admiral to serve in the United States Navy?
David Glasgow Farragut
Who was Andrew Johnson’s “First Lady?”
Eliza McCardle (Johnson)
What noted Tennessee politician did Howard Baker, Jr. defeat to become U.S. Senator in 1966?
Frank Clement
In what county was the Highlander Folk School located in the 1950s?
Grundy County
The “Battle Above the Clouds” was fought overlooking what Tennessee city?
Chattanooga
At what battle did Alvin York perform his heroics which earned him the Medal of Honor in World War I?
The Battle of the Argonne Forest
What Tennessee entertainer was born in Nutbush, Tennessee?
Tina Turner
In Tennessee Interstate 65 runs in what general direction?
North and South
Who was the first African-American student to graduate from a formerly all-white public high school in Tennessee?
Bobby Cain, Jr. (Clinton High School in 1957)
Who is the only Tennessean to succeed to the governorship after the death of the governor?
Henry Horton
Who was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate in the 20th century?
Howard Baker Jr
What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga?
Interstate 75 or I-75
Grace Moore, the great opera singer from Tennessee, was known by what nickname?
“The Tennessee Nightingale”
Where can you visit Green McAdoo Cultural Center and learn more about the struggle to integrate Tennessee’s public schools?
Clinton, Tennessee
The War Memorial Building in Nashville is a tribute to Tennessee Veterans of which war?
World War I
In what Tennessee city was blues singer Bessie Smith born?
Chattanooga
What Tennessean served two terms as Senate Minority Leader and two terms as Senate Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate?
Howard Baker, Jr.
What term was used to describe Tennessee leaving the Union in 1861?
Secession (pronounced SUH SES SHUN)
What Hall of Fame is located in Nashville?
The Country Music Hall of Fame
What was the name of the Federal Army that operated in Tennessee during the Civil War?
The Army of the Tennessee (River)
What was the name of the Nashville factory that made warplanes during World War II?
AVCO, or Vultee (both accepted)
Name the Clarksville woman who won track and field gold medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Wilma Rudolph
Who in 1966 became the first African American woman elected to the Tennessee State Legislature?
Dorothy Lavina Brown
What Nashville musical group was the first from “Music City” to perform for the Queen of England?
The Fisk Jubilee Singers (For Queen Victoria in 1873)
Who is considered to be Tennessee’s greatest war hero for his exploits in World War I?
Alvin C York
Which president signed the bill creating TVA?
Franklin Roosevelt
What do the letters T V A stand for?
The Tennessee Valley Authority
What University has the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy?
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
What famous nickname did General U.S. Grant receive at the Tennessee Civil War battle of Fort Donelson, that would stay with him throughout the war?
“Unconditional Surrender Grant” for U.S. Grant
Who was the Tennessee recipient of the Nobel Prize for his efforts on behalf of the United Nations?
Cordell Hull
What famous opera star grew up in Campbell County?
Grace Moore
Who was the first black person to play sports in a Southeastern Conference game?
Perry Wallace (Vanderbilt)
In what Tennessee Town can you find the Ft. Pillow National Historic Site?
Henning
Alex Haley’s historic home is located in what Tennessee County?
Lauderdale County
What university in Tennessee was named after one of the participants in the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Bryan College (located in Dayton, named after William Jennings Bryan)
What major land area did the Tennessee General Assembly purchase from private companies in 1925?
The Great Smoky Mountains
David Glasgow Farragut was born near what major Tennessee city?
Knoxville
What Tennessee Interstate Highway roughly connects the cities of Knoxville and Bristol?
Interstate 81 or I-81
Who was the first African American to practice law in Knoxville?
William Frances Yardley
Which Tennessean was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee after being President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
How did those who opposed women’s suffrage movement identify themselves in Tennessee during a special called meeting of the state legislature?
They wore a red rose
What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Chattanooga?
Interstate 24 or I-24
Who is the most famous country singer ever to come from Maynardville?
Roy Acuff
What city in Tennessee is known as “Atomic City?”
Oak Ridge
Who was the only Tennessee governor to die in office?
Austin Peay
What U.S. President visited the Tennessee Centennial celebration?
President William McKinley
