Tennessee questions Flashcards
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Tennessee became a state on what date?
June 1, 1796
What was Tennessee’s order of entry to the Union in 1796?
16th
Which city served the shortest time as Tennessee’s capital city?
Kingston (1 Day)
What was the first capital of the state of Tennessee?
Knoxville
Which of Tennessee’s four largest cities was the first to be founded?
Nashville (1784)
Nashville was named as Tennessee’s permanent state capitol in what year?
1843
Who was the second man to be elected governor of the state of Tennessee?
Archibald Roane
What Tennessee county was named after the state’s second governor?
Roane County (Archibald Roane)
What invention was largely responsible for Nashville becoming a larger city than Knoxville?
The steamboat (made it easier to get people and materials in and out of Nashville)
In 1810, people who left Nashville for New Orleans usually came back on a road known as what?
The Natchez Trace
The first railroads in Tennessee ran in what general direction?
North and South
What was the original name of Austin Peay State University?
Austin Peay Normal School
Vanderbilt University is located in what Tennessee City?
Nashville
Who arrived in Fort Nashborough on April 24, 1780?
The members of the Donelson Party (the group that traveled by river to settle in Nashville)
How many of the 5 largest Tennessee cities are located along a major river?
All 5
