Tennessee

Tennessee

Senators: AVERES F8 (R), KGRANDILLO D3 (I)

Representatives: KSAVAGE F6 (R), DFYFFE D6 (D), RSCHWARTZ D7 (I)

1.) Population: 6,214,888 Averes 2.) Admission to Union: June 1, 1796 (16th) Averes 3.) Govenor: [|Phil Bredesen] Averes 4.) U.S. Senators: [|Lamar Alexander], [|Bob Corker] Averes 5.) In Tennessee, you have to be 18 years old to play pinball. Averes 1) Major industries are coal mining, electrical power, and farming (tobacco, cattle, cotton) DFyffe 2) There are 9 Representatives (4 Republican and 5 Democrat) DFyffe 3) Three past presidents have been from Tennessee (James K. Polk, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Johnson) DFyffe 4) Though Tennessee joined the Confederacy during the Civil War, there were many who were Pro-Union. DFyffe 5) Largest cities are Memphis, Nashville-Davidson, and Knoxville. DFyffe 6) Tennesse is known as the "Volunteer State." KGrandillo 7) The largest city is Memphis, but the capital is Nashville. KGrandillo 8) The climate is a humid subtropical climate. KGrandillo 9) Tennesse was originally inhabited by Paleo Indians. KGrandillo 10) The earliest person on record to inhabit Tennesse was Captin Juan Pardo a spanish explorer. KGrandillo 11)This is Tennessee's state flag. The three stars on the flag represent the different landforms in Tennessee. They have Mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. These three are bound together in the circle. KSavage 12) I do not know of another state Where I had rather be Than this great state I'm living in And that is Tennessee.

I love the stars dearly And there are surely three That show the Grand Division Of my home-land, Tennessee.

Where could you find a meadow With grass so vividly green? Where could you find the mountains With such majestic scene?

You will never find so bright a moon To shine down from above You will also see the robin The wren, and the turtle dove.

And don't forget the rivers Where visitors long to stay. And many have voice in parting, 'I'm sure glad I passed this way.'

You will see the cattle grazing Beside a cotton field; And there's the Grand Ole Opry And a feeling it's all God's will.

I have lived here all my life It's where I'm going to be Although I've traveled quite a bit, I'll still take Tennessee!

Oh, I sure love the state I'm in: The great state of Tennessee!" KSavage This is Tennessee's state song and is all about the land much like the flag and how people have traveled all over but will still would rather stay in Tennessee. 13. **Famous For:** Grand Ole Opry, Music Row, Beale Street Blues, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Country Music Hall of Fame, Graceland (home of Elvis) RSchwartz 14. **National Forest:** 1 **State Forests:** 15 **State Parks:** 54 RSchwartz 15. Tennessee's State Capital, Nashville, is known as "Music City" – the country music capital of the world. RSchwartz 16. Tennessee has more than 3,800 documented caves. RSchwartz 17. Tennesse's Ethnic Roots: American 17.3%, African 16.4%, Irish 9.3%, English 9.1%, German 8.3%. ('Americans' are likely of British or Scotch-Irish descent.) RSchwartz 18. Phil Bredeson who is the govenor of Tennessee attended Harvard for college and was a computer programmer. He became mayor of Nashville in 1990 and won with 49% of the votes and served two terms. In 2002 Bredesen won for mayor with 51% of the votes.KSavage 19. Some major industries in Tennessee are mining, electrical, and farming. There are also more like automobile etc. KSavage