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5th : Tennessee Section Flashcards

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What is known as the “Mother Church of Country Music?”

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The Ryman Auditorium

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What Tennessean said “all hostilities in those states in rebellion against the United States is virtually at an end?”

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Andrew Johnson (then President in an address proclaiming the end of the Civil War)

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Who died in Memphis on April 4th, 1968?

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Martin Luther King, Jr

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What is the name of the medical school located in Nashville which was founded in 1876 to develop African-American physicians?

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Meharry Medical College

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Dolly Parton was born and raised in what Tennessee county?

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Sevier

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What Tennessee Dam was demolished by TVA in 1968?

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Hales Bar Dam near Chattanooga (replaced by NickaJack Dam 6 miles downstream)

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What organization did Ida Wells co-found?

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The National Association of Colored Women

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What was the original occupation of Andrew Johnson?

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Tailor (clothes maker)

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Which former Tennessee U.S. Senator was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Reagan?

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Howard Baker, Jr

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What street in Memphis is considered the home of the blues?

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Beale Street

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Who was the first black Tennessean to be elected to the State House of Representatives?

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Sampson W. Keeble (1872)

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What Tennessean is credited with the saying: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, but how you played the game?”

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Grantland Rice

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What Tennessee lake covers the most area?

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Kentucky Lake

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What city is known throughout America as the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?

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Gatlinburg

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Tennessee’s Centennial celebration was held in what year?

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1897 (It was one year late)

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What Tennessee-born journalist became the first African American with a syndicated column?

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Carl Rowan

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What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Clarksville?

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Interstate 24 or I-24

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In what Tennessee “secret city” were parts of the atomic bomb built during World War II?

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Oak Ridge

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Who in 1964 became the first African American to be elected to the Tennessee State Legislature in the 20th Century?

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A.W. Willis Jr.

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In what town would you find “Graceland?”

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Memphis

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Which Tennessee county became the first to integrate public schools?

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Anderson County

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Who was the governor of Tennessee when the Great Depression hit the state?

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Henry Horton

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Of the eleven states which joined the Confederacy in 1861, where did Tennessee rank in order of entry?

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Last or 11th

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Tennessee’s Centennial celebration was held in what city?

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Nashville

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What Civil War Navy Admiral from Tennessee has a high school named for him in Knoxville?

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David Glasgow Farragut

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What was the name of the record company which produced Elvis’ first record?

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Sun Records in Memphis

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How did supporters of the women’s suffrage movement identify themselves in Tennessee during a special called meeting of the state legislature?

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They wore a yellow rose

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Who was the attorney sent to defend African Americans accused of wrongdoing in the 1946 Maury County race riot?

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Thurgood Marshall

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What Tennessee Civil War Battle was centered at the “Carter House?”

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The Battle of Franklin

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In what city was Andrew Johnson when he passed away in 1875?

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Elizabethton, Tennessee

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Which Tennessee president served during the Civil War?

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Andrew Johnson (he was sworn in during the very last days of the conflict)

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What was the last major Civil War battle fought in Tennessee?

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The Battle of Nashville (December 15 and 16, 1864)

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What state passed the 19th Amendment providing the final state needed to ratify the amendment into federal law giving women the right to vote?

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Tennessee (on August 18, 1920)

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What Nashville landmark is a full sized replica of a greek temple built in ancient Greece?

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The Parthenon (pronounced PARTH UH NON)

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What is the oldest continually running radio program in the United States?

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The Grand Ole Opry

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What part of Tennessee was so strong against leaving the union that they considered forming a separate state?

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East Tennessee

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Who served as military governor of Tennessee during the Civil War?

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Andrew Johnson

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What is the name of the community in which Alvin C. York lived?

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Pall Mall, Tennessee (pronounced POWL- MOWL)

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What famous person graduated from Humes High School in Memphis in 1953?

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Elvis Presley

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Who died on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The famous Scopes “Monkey” Trial took place in what Tennessee town?

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Dayton

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What Tennessean was the first American to shoot down an enemy plane in combat during World War I?

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Kiffen Rockwell (born in Cocke County)

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Andrew Johnson was laid to rest in Greeneville with his head resting on what?

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A copy of the US Constitution

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In Tennessee, Interstate 40 runs in what general direction?

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East and West

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What was the unofficial title given to the first group of black students to attend an all white public high school in the South?

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“The Clinton 12”

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What do the names Fort Loudon, Watts Bar, Chickamauga, and Pickwick all have in common?

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They are all names of TVA dams on the Tennessee River

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What Tennessean was Chief of Staff for Ronald Reagan?

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Howard Baker, Jr.

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Who was the Tennessee State House member who changed his vote on the 19th amendment because of a letter his mother wrote to him?

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Harry Burn

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What Union Army and Navy victory opened the door to the unopposed invasion of Nashville during the early days of the Civil War?

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Fort Donelson

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Who was the U.S. Senator from Tennessee who chose to remain in Washington, D.C. when the Civil War broke out?

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Andrew Johnson

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The battle of Stones River was fought near what Tennessee city?

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Murfreesboro

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What East Tennessee county seat was saved from flooding by Eleanor Roosevelt?

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Dandridge

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In Tennessee Interstate 81 runs in what general direction?

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North and South

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What was the name of the Confederate Army that operated in Tennessee during the Civil War?

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The Army of Tennessee

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What Tennessean served as the US Secretary of State at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

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Cordell Hull

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In Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs in what general direction?

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East and West

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Which of the Tennessee Presidents was never elected?

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Andrew Johnson (took over after Lincoln’s death in 1865 did not run in 1868)

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Name a famous Civil Rights leader who trained at the Highlander Folk School in Grundy County.

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Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What show did WSM radio began broadcasting in 1925?

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The Grand Ole Opry

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Prior to TVA, what was the largest producer of electricity in Tennessee?

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The Tennessee Electric Power Co. (or TEPCO)

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Who was the first Tennessean to receive a telephone call in 1877?

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Sarah Childress Polk the widow of James K. Polk

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Name the wealthy Nashville woman who was Vice President of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association in 1920.

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Anne Dallas Dudley

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The “playground” for the Cumberland Homesteads is today known as what?

A

Cumberland Mountain State Park

25
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What is Tennessee’s largest National Park?

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The Great Smokies National Park

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What was the first Interstate highway to be opened in Tennessee?

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I-65

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Name the bridge in Memphis which was the first to span the lower Mississippi River?

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The Frisco Bridge

25
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What was the original name of the first highway, from Michigan to Miami, passing through Tennessee?

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The Dixie Highway

25
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Who is known as the Empress of the Blues?

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Bessie Smith

26
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What is the name of the river which “crosses” Interstate 40 five times between Cookeville and Carthage?

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The Caney Fork River

26
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What was the original governmental name for Oak Ridge?

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The Clinton Engineering Works

26
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What interstate connects Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville?

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Interstate 40

26
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What television mini-series dominated the ratings the week Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as President?

A

Roots

26
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Silver Dollar City in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee changed its name to what after being purchased by a prominent country music singer?

A

Dollywood

26
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What famous author’s boyhood home can be found in Henning, Tennessee?

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Alex Haley (the author of Roots)

26
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Which Tennessee governor in 1920 called the legislature to a special session to consider the 19th amendment?

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Albert H. Roberts

27
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In what year was Tennessee’s current Constitution written?

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1870

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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?

A

Frank Clement

28
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Mike McCully of Livingston became the first Tennessean to do what?

A

Go into Space

28
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What Tennessean was the author of “Roots”?

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Alex Haley

29
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How do you spell the Smoky in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?

A

Capital “S” m o k y ( No “E”)

29
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Andrew Johnson was a member of what political party?

A

Democrat

29
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General William P. Sanders was killed in what Civil War battle fought in Tennessee?

A

The Battle of Knoxville

30
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What high school was literally blown up by those opposed to desegregation in Tennessee?

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Clinton High School (In Anderson County)

31
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What was the name of the world renowned singing group from Fisk University?

A

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

31
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What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Birmingham, Alabama?

A

Interstate 65 or I-65

32
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The mining of what element caused sulfuric acid to make its way into the ground around Ducktown, Tennessee killing the vegetation for miles ?

A

Copper

32
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What Tennessee town is named after the Aluminum Company of America?

A

Alcoa

33
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For whom is the Interstate system in Tennessee named?

A

Al Gore, Sr. (note: the SENIOR is vital to the answer)

33
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Name the black man elected to the Tennessee General Assembly three times in the 1880’s.

A

Samuel McElwee

34
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Who was the first black Tennessean to run for governor?

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William Francis Yardley (1876)

35
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Which former Governor of Tennessee has a state park named for him?

A

Henry Horton

35
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What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Johnson City and Asheville, North Carolina?

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Interstate 26 or I-26

36
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What best-selling book,has sold the most copies of any book written by a Tennessean?

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Roots written by Alex Haley

36
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Where was the Grand Ole Opry performed from 1943 until 1974?

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The Ryman Auditorium

36
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What American President met with Elvis Presley at the White House?

A

Richard Nixon

36
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Name the rustic valley located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?

A

Cades Cove

37
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Who served as President of the United States when Alaska was purchased from Russia?

A

Andrew Johnson (in 1867)

37
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What Tennessean was known as the “Great Conciliator?” (Conciliator is pronounced CUNSEAL-E-ATE-OR)

A

Howard Baker, Jr.

37
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What Tennessee Civil War Battle became the first major victory of the war for General U. S. Grant?

A

Fort Donelson

38
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What city in Tennessee welcomes visitors by saying “Welcome to____, Home of the 17th President of the United States?”

A

Greeneville

39
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Who was the founder of the National Baptist Publishing Board?

A

Richard H. Boyd

40
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Which prominent participant in the Scopes Monkey trial died 5 days after the trial ended in Dayton, Tennessee?

A

William Jennings Bryan

40
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What was the term used to describe the allowing of black students to attend traditionally all white public schools?

A

desegregation (would also take integration)

41
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What was the first dam built in the TVA system?

A

Norris Dam

41
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In Tennessee Interstate 75 runs in what general direction?

A

North and South

42
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What World War I hero has a high school named after him in Fentress county?

A

Alvin C. York

42
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The Memphis hotel in which Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot is now the site of what?

A

The National Civil Rights Museum

43
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What Tennessean is known as the “Father of the Blues?”

A

W.C. Handy

43
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What Tennessean became the first full admiral to serve in the United States Navy?

A

David Glasgow Farragut

44
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Who was Andrew Johnson’s “First Lady?”

A

Eliza McCardle (Johnson)

45
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What noted Tennessee politician did Howard Baker, Jr. defeat to become U.S. Senator in 1966?

A

Frank Clement

45
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In what county was the Highlander Folk School located in the 1950s?

A

Grundy County

45
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The “Battle Above the Clouds” was fought overlooking what Tennessee city?

A

Chattanooga

45
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At what battle did Alvin York perform his heroics which earned him the Medal of Honor in World War I?

A

The Battle of the Argonne Forest

46
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What Tennessee entertainer was born in Nutbush, Tennessee?

A

Tina Turner

46
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In Tennessee Interstate 65 runs in what general direction?

A

North and South

46
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Who was the first African-American student to graduate from a formerly all-white public high school in Tennessee?

A

Bobby Cain, Jr. (Clinton High School in 1957)

46
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Who is the only Tennessean to succeed to the governorship after the death of the governor?

A

Henry Horton

46
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Who was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate in the 20th century?

A

Howard Baker Jr

46
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What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga?

A

Interstate 75 or I-75

46
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Grace Moore, the great opera singer from Tennessee, was known by what nickname?

A

“The Tennessee Nightingale”

47
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Where can you visit Green McAdoo Cultural Center and learn more about the struggle to integrate Tennessee’s public schools?

A

Clinton, Tennessee

47
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The War Memorial Building in Nashville is a tribute to Tennessee Veterans of which war?

A

World War I

47
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In what Tennessee city was blues singer Bessie Smith born?

A

Chattanooga

47
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What Tennessean served two terms as Senate Minority Leader and two terms as Senate Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate?

A

Howard Baker, Jr.

47
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What term was used to describe Tennessee leaving the Union in 1861?

A

Secession (pronounced SUH SES SHUN)

47
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What Hall of Fame is located in Nashville?

A

The Country Music Hall of Fame

48
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What was the name of the Federal Army that operated in Tennessee during the Civil War?

A

The Army of the Tennessee (River)

48
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What was the name of the Nashville factory that made warplanes during World War II?

A

AVCO, or Vultee (both accepted)

48
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Name the Clarksville woman who won track and field gold medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.

A

Wilma Rudolph

48
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Who in 1966 became the first African American woman elected to the Tennessee State Legislature?

A

Dorothy Lavina Brown

48
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What Nashville musical group was the first from “Music City” to perform for the Queen of England?

A

The Fisk Jubilee Singers (For Queen Victoria in 1873)

48
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Who is considered to be Tennessee’s greatest war hero for his exploits in World War I?

A

Alvin C York

49
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Which president signed the bill creating TVA?

A

Franklin Roosevelt

49
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What do the letters T V A stand for?

A

The Tennessee Valley Authority

49
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What University has the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy?

A

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

49
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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?

A

“Unconditional Surrender Grant” for U.S. Grant

49
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Who was the Tennessee recipient of the Nobel Prize for his efforts on behalf of the United Nations?

A

Cordell Hull

49
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What famous opera star grew up in Campbell County?

A

Grace Moore

50
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Who was the first black person to play sports in a Southeastern Conference game?

A

Perry Wallace (Vanderbilt)

51
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In what Tennessee Town can you find the Ft. Pillow National Historic Site?

A

Henning

52
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Alex Haley’s historic home is located in what Tennessee County?

A

Lauderdale County

52
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What university in Tennessee was named after one of the participants in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

A

Bryan College (located in Dayton, named after William Jennings Bryan)

52
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What major land area did the Tennessee General Assembly purchase from private companies in 1925?

A

The Great Smoky Mountains

53
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David Glasgow Farragut was born near what major Tennessee city?

A

Knoxville

53
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What Tennessee Interstate Highway roughly connects the cities of Knoxville and Bristol?

A

Interstate 81 or I-81

54
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Who was the first African American to practice law in Knoxville?

A

William Frances Yardley

54
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Which Tennessean was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee after being President of the United States?

A

Andrew Johnson

55
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How did those who opposed women’s suffrage movement identify themselves in Tennessee during a special called meeting of the state legislature?

A

They wore a red rose

56
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What Tennessee Interstate Highway connects the cities of Nashville and Chattanooga?

A

Interstate 24 or I-24

56
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Who is the most famous country singer ever to come from Maynardville?

A

Roy Acuff

57
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What city in Tennessee is known as “Atomic City?”

A

Oak Ridge

58
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Who was the only Tennessee governor to die in office?

A

Austin Peay

58
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What U.S. President visited the Tennessee Centennial celebration?

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President William McKinley

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