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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ (listen), locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/), officially the State of Tennessee, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its name derives from "Tanasi", a Cherokee town in the eastern part of the state that existed before the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory, before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" early in its history due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy and the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to secede and the first readmitted to the Union after the war.

During the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to a more diversified economy. This was aided in part by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the city of Oak Ridge, which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs. These were dropped on Imperial Japan at the end of the war. After the war, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory became a key center of scientific research. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for the state, largely in recognition of the roles played by Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee in its discovery. Tennessee has also played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music, including country, blues, rock and roll, soul, and gospel. (Full article...)

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The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council, was notable for its early success and its emphasis on disciplined nonviolence. It was part of a broader sit-in movement that spread across the southern United States in the wake of the Greensboro sit-ins in North Carolina.

Over the course of the Nashville sit-in campaign, sit-ins were staged at numerous stores in the central business district. Sit-in participants, who mainly consisted of black college students, were often verbally or physically attacked by white onlookers. Despite their refusal to retaliate, over 150 students were eventually arrested for refusing to vacate store lunch counters when ordered to do so by police. At trial, the students were represented by a group of 13 lawyers, headed by Z. Alexander Looby. On April 19, Looby's home was bombed, although he escaped uninjured. Later that day, at least 3,000 people marched to City Hall to confront Mayor Ben West about the escalating violence. When asked if he believed the lunch counters in Nashville should be desegregated, West agreed that they should. After subsequent negotiations between the store owners and protest leaders, an agreement was reached during the first week of May. On May 10, six downtown stores began serving black customers at their lunch counters for the first time. (Full article...)

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History of the Nashville Sounds
Cracker Barrel
List of counties in Tennessee
Nashville Sounds
Elvis Presley
James K. Polk
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Clinton Engineer Works
Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)
X-10 Graphite Reactor
Herschel Greer Stadium
First Horizon Park
Reese Witherspoon
Big Star
Elizabeth Rona
Copper Basin (Tennessee)
Al Gore
Tennessee Walking Horse
Anne Dallas Dudley
Benton fireworks disaster
Diamond Rio
Appalachian Trail
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
Miley Cyrus
Mystery Train (film)
Interstate 840 (Tennessee)
Morgan Freeman
Nashville International Airport
Lorrie Morgan
Quentin Tarantino
Billie Nipper
Davis Tarwater
Alvin M. Weinberg
2011 Super Outbreak
Overhill Cherokee
Tina Turner
2010 Food City 500
Ed Westcott
DeFord Bailey
Bean Station, Tennessee
History of Randolph, Tennessee
James Wiseman
Josh Cody
Interstate 440 (Tennessee)
Lee Guetterman
Global Force Wrestling
Howell Edmunds Jackson
Let's Move Nashville
Nashville Seraphs
Gregg Allman
Nashville Xpress
Oliver Kuhn
R. Stevie Moore
Redbirds–Sounds rivalry
Tennessee Aquarium
Unforgiven (2007)
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration
Rodney Atkins
Sarah Polk Fall
Trenyce
Southern Adventist University
Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis
Randolph, Tennessee
Cormac McCarthy
Clint Grant
1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
2012 Liberty Bowl
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Bombardment and capture of Fort Henry, Tenn,
1860s lithograph by Currier and Ives

The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Donelson, Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater.

On February 4 and 5, Grant landed two divisions just north of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. (The troops serving under Grant were the nucleus of the Union's successful Army of the Tennessee, although that name was not yet in use.) Grant's plan was to advance upon the fort on February 6 while it was being simultaneously attacked by Union gunboats commanded by Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote. A combination of accurate and effective naval gunfire, heavy rain, and the poor siting of the fort, nearly inundated by rising river waters, caused its commander, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, to surrender to Foote before the Union Army arrived. (Full article...)

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History of Tennessee
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Nashville, Tennessee
List of governors of Tennessee
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East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Tennessee River
Memphis, Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Cleveland, Tennessee
Dolly Parton
Tennessee State Guard
University of Memphis
Toqua (Tennessee)
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
Interstate 40 in Tennessee
Old Crow Medicine Show
Swaggerty Blockhouse
Unicoi Mountains
Old City, Knoxville
Nashville Americans
Valerie June
Battle of Fort Donelson
Collierville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee whiskey
Jack Daniel's
Grand Ole Opry
Battle of Nashville
Nashville Superspeedway
Johnny Cash
Carl Perkins
Tennessee Waltz
Morristown, Tennessee
Fainting goat
Bessie Smith
Cookeville, Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Bob Corker
Edgar Evins State Park
Graceland
Bledsoe Creek State Park
Dollywood
Tennessee Valley Authority
Black Patch Tobacco Wars
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Image 1A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 2The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 3Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 4The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 5John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 6The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 7The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 8Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 9Cedar glades are an extremely rare ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 10The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 11Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 12Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 13The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14Cedar glades are an extremely rare ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 15Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 16Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 17Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 18Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 20Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 21The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 22Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 23A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 24The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 26Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 27Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 28Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 29Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 31The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (from History of Tennessee)
Image 34Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 35Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 36A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 37Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 38The Hernando de Soto Bridge spans the Mississippi River at Memphis. (from Tennessee)
Image 39Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 40Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 41Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 42Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 43Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 44Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 45A map of Köppen climate types in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 46The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 47The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 48Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 49Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 50A map of Köppen climate types in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 51Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 52Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 53The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 54Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 55The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 56Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 57Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 58The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 59The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 60Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 61Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 62Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 63A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 64The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 65A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 66The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 67The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 68The Hernando de Soto Bridge spans the Mississippi River at Memphis. (from Tennessee)

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... that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation wound up operating a radio station when it seized a failed Tennessee bank, which in turn had seized WIDD?
... that the transmitter used to start Nashville radio station WSIX was purchased in exchange for five barrels of oil?
... that the site of the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. later became part of the South Main Street Historic District?
... that Castle Recording Laboratory, Nashville's first commercial recording studio, was established in a repurposed hotel banquet room?
... that the Music City Grand Prix will cross the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, making it one of the few auto races to cross a significant body of water?
... that a 1958 promotion by Nashville radio station WKDA, in which a "purple people eater" climbed a hotel sign, prompted the police chief to ask the station "never to pull a trick" like it again?

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