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The first settlers came to TN in 1768 or 1769

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True

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The first four settlements were the Watauga, North Holstein, Carter Valley, and Nolichucky.

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True

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Attakullakulla was the local Cherokee chief.

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True

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In 1770, the Lochabar Treaty drew boundary lines to control white settlement.

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True

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5
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The Watauga Association basically leased their land from the Cherokee.

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True

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6
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The Cherokee did not take sides during the Revolutionary War.

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False

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7
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The Sycamore Shoals Treaty gave even more land to white settlers.

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True

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8
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The Cherokee launched several attacks on East TN settlements in 1776.

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True

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9
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The first group of Cumberland settlers reached French Lick on Halloween, 1779.

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False

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10
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The first group of Cumberland settlers wrote a rudimentary constitution called the “Cumberland Compact,” establishing Middle TN’s first government.

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True

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11
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Until 1789, TN was considered a part of NC.

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True

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12
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In 1790, NC gave up its territorial claim and TN became the Southwest Territory.

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True

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13
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The three Mero District counties were Davidson, Sumner, and Williamson.

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False

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14
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William Blount was the first gov of the Southwest Territories.

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True

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15
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The Treaty of New York (1790) included all of the TN regional tribes.

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False

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16
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The Creek Nation sent representatives to New York to negotiate with President Washington in person.

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True

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17
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Through the early 1790s, Middle TN settlers were the targets of frequent attacks from Native Americans.

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True

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18
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The Territories population doubled between 1791 and 1795.

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True

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19
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The Mero District (Middle TN) had a higher population than the eastern counties.

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False

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20
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The state Constitutional Convention was held in Knoxville.

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True

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21
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TN entered statehood on June 1, 1796.

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True

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22
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TN’s first gov was ______________.

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John Sevier

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23
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Murfreesboro became the state capital in 1819.

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True

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24
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The __________ Purchase of 1812 opened West TN for settlement.

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Jackson

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25
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Andrew Jackson became a national hero during the War of _______.

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1812

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26
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The religious movement that began in KY and TN in the late 1790s was called the Second Great Revival.

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False, Second Great Awakening

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27
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The Reverend William McGee was one of the first leaders of the new religious movement (Second Great Awakening).

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True

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28
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(Second Great Awakening) Camp meetings were often attended by thousands of people and lasted several days.

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True

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29
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In 1829, ____________ resigned as TN’s gov and moved west.

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Sam Houston

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30
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In 1824, Andrew Jackson lost his first presidential bid to whom?

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John Quincy Adams

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31
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The forty years before the Civil War are called the ____________ period.

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antebellum

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32
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TN’s Constitution was significantly revised in 1835.

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True

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33
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(1835 Revision) The “new” Constitution put a _________ ___________ in place, with a justice from each of the state’s three sections.

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supreme court

34
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After Jackson’s retirement from politics, the Jacksonian mantle rested on the shoulders of James K. Polk.

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True

35
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Governor William Carroll was a leading reformer of the prison system.

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True

36
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In 1860, the enslaved comprised ___% of TN’s population.

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25

37
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In 1860, there were about ______ free blacks in the state.

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7300

38
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The 1850s saw the rise in TN of a new form of transportation for goods and people.

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True

39
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A plantation is defined as a farm where ___ or more enslaved are held.

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20

40
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West TN became a leader in wheat production.

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False

41
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TN celebrated its Centennial with a huge fair called the ___________ ____________.

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Centennial Exposition

42
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Promoters of the “New South” were trying to bring more agriculture to the South.

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False

43
Q

By, 1900 TN had _______ miles of track.

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3137

44
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In the 1890s, TN experienced an ___________ boom.

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industrial

45
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Textiles were TN’s leading industry in 1900.

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False

46
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Which major TN city had the highest percentage of population growth between 1870-1900?

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Chattanooga

47
Q

Ida B. Wells led a crusade against _________.

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lynching

48
Q

The Coal Miner’s War began because the company hired _________ from the state to break a strike.

A

convicts

49
Q

In 1878, Memphis was hit with a deadly outbreak of __________ __________.

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yellow fever

50
Q

In the 1880s, the Temperance movement became more popular as an effort to outlaw alcoholic drink in the state.

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True

51
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One of the biggest goals of TN progressives was the prohibition of _________.

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alcohol

52
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The rich elite led the way in achieving progressive goals.

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False

53
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This Memphis mayor controlled West TN politics and refused to enforce prohibition.

A

Ed Crump

54
Q

Governor Austin Peay is best known for reforming the state’s public ________ system and building new _________.

A

highway, roads

55
Q

After state prohibition, TN’s women worked to secure a woman’s right to ______.

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vote

56
Q

In 1916, Clarence Saunders opened the first modern supermarket in Memphis, It was named ________ ________.

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Piggly Wiggly

57
Q

This hate group saw a popular resurgence in the teens and 1920s.

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Ku Klux Klan

58
Q

The Butler Act provided the basis for this famous Dayton, TN trial in 1925.

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The Scopes trial

59
Q

“Hillbilly” music was another name for country music.

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True

60
Q

The flight of Southern blacks to the North to seek jobs (1919-1930) is called the Great ___________.

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Migration

61
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______________ was blamed for not doing enough to stop the Great Depression.

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Herbert Hoover

62
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In 1932, __________________ was elected president.

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Franklin Roosevelt

63
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The new president’s program for ending the Depression was called the _____ _______.

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new deal

64
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The Caldwell banking firm was the first big TN casualty of the Depression.

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True

65
Q

The _____ was designed to bring electricity to rural areas of TN, GA, and AL.

A

TVA

66
Q

This entire city was built during the 1940s as part of the Manhattan Project.

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Oak Ridge

67
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TN’s climate and terrain made it perfect for military _____ _________, the biggest of which were held in Middle TN in 1943.

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war games

68
Q

Nashville’s aircraft plant was the Boeing Aircraft Plant.

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False

69
Q

As in World War I, because of the draft, thousands of _________ found work in TN’s factories.

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women

70
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Smyrna had an airbase during WWII.

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True

71
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One of the first school desegregation cases took place at ________ ______ in Anderson County.

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Clinton High

72
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The first black undergraduates entered UT in January 1961.

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True

73
Q

This Supreme Court case opened the door for desegregation in 1954.

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Brown v. Board of Ed.

74
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This school in Monteagle educated Civil Rights activists from Rosa Parks to John Lewis.

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Highlander Folk School

75
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Many of those involved with the Nashville Sit-Ins were influenced by Ghandi’s ideology of ____ _________
resistance.

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non-violent

76
Q

____ ______ was the mayor of Nashville during the sit-ins.

A

Ben West

77
Q

John Lewis authored a set of instructions to be carried by sit-in participants.

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True

78
Q

MLK, Jr. was assassinated in ___________ on April 4, 1968.

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Memphis

79
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MLK, Jr. was in that city to show support for the striking garbage workers.

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True

80
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The victims of the Fayette County mass evictions in 1960 brought their plight to national attention by living in a tent city.

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True

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