GLCEventAmerican Civil WarlCNoteDuring the Civil War, Tennessee was an active battleground, with over 400 battles fought within its borders. Tennessee voted to withdraw from the Union but was the first to be readmitted. http://www.segenealogy.com/tennessee/tn_history.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001. and http://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.Becomes a State9lSince the Southwest territory was the first federal territory to seek admission to the union, Congress was not sure how to proceed. In a close vote, Congress approved the admission and Tennessee became the 16th state to join the union. jhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/territory.pdf Taken from the Interent, July 26, 2001.Chickasaw Treaty?Extended Tennessee's western boundary to the Mississippi River.uhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/comingofage.pdf (p. 360). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001. Davy CrockettA^ LimestoneDavy Crockett was a Congressman, backwoodsman, also half man half aligator. There is a song that should tell you the rest you need to know. ''Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Sweetest land in the home of the free, Raised in the woods so he knew every tree, He kilt him a bar when he was only three. Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!'' He volunteered for the Alamo and died . At least that's what some say .Qhttp://www.korrnet.org/fis/history2.html Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.'De-Segregation of Business in NashvilleV Nashville$A handful of downtown stores opened their lunch counters on an integrated basis, and Nashville became the first major city in the south to begin de-segregating its public facilities. The Nashville sit-in movement provided a model for non-violent protest for future action against segregation.qhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/modern.pdf (p. 427). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AssassinateddaMemphisDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel while in Memphis to support the local Sanitation Workers' strike. ~http://memphis.about.com/library/weekly/aa042001a.htm?rnk=r23&terms=tennessee+history Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001. Elvis Diesn Graceland~http://memphis.about.com/library/weekly/aa042001a.htm?rnk=r23&terms=tennessee+history Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.UFirst African American to Graduate from an Integrated Public High School in the SouthQClintoneBobbie Cain was that student. A year and a half later the high school was blown apart by three bombs.qhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/modern.pdf ( p.426). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.First White Explorer Lawrenceburg^The first white man known to have come to Tennessee was the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.http://www.state.tn.us/education/webfacts.htm Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001. and http://www.floridahistory.com/tennessee.html Taken from the Internet, July 28, 2001.Fort Assumption BuiltMemphis=1739 Fort Assumption is built by the French on a Memphis site~http://memphis.about.com/library/weekly/aa042001a.htm?rnk=r23&terms=tennessee+history Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.+Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas is BuiltjMemphis?1795 Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas is built by the Spanish~http://memphis.about.com/library/weekly/aa042001a.htm?rnk=r23&terms=tennessee+history Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.Grand Ole Oprya$ NashvilleThis is the longest continuously-running live radio program in the world. It has broadcasted every Friday and Saturday night since 1925. Vhttp://www.state.tn.us/education/webfacts.htm Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.John Scopes "Monkey Trial"b$DaytonJohn Thomas Scopes "Monkey Trial" began, to end ten days later. He was tried and convicted of teaching evolution in high school, in violation of the Butler Act. William Jennings Bryan, a three time candidate for president, Secretary of State and fundamentalist Christian orator was the prosecutor, while leftist-leaning Clarence Darrow was the defense attorney. National attention was focused on the trial, complete with radio hook ups and the locals profited handsomely from the influx of the curious and the press.ehttp://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Bluegrass/2867/edith.html Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.Maryville College Founded% MaryvilleEstablished as the Western Theological Seminary in Maryville, Blount County; was sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. According to one historian, the first black student at Maryville College was an ex-slave, one George Erskine, who attended as a result of the actions of the Manumission Society of Tennessee. The society bought Erskine and then freed him to pursue studies at the Seminary in 1819.^http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/9475/maryville.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001. Nobel Peace Prize for LiteraturenHenningbAlex Haley won the prize for "Roots", the most successful book ever written by a Tennessee author.Proclamation of 1763@=The British prohibited all westward settlement beyond the Appalachians. Settlers were to stay off Native American lands. This was largely ignored.ihttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/frontier.pdf Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001. Prohibition /Statewide prohibition began. The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which provided for nationwide prohibition, was added to the Constitution on January 16, 1920.ehttp://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Bluegrass/2867/edith.html Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.Settling of NashvilleTIn the winter and spring of 1779, 300 pioneers made the difficult trek to French Lick (what would later become Nashville). Most of the men came overland with James Robertson, while women and children came down the Tennessee and up the Cumberland Rivers by boat with John Donelson.ihttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/frontier.pdf Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.State Capital at KnoxvilleVl)rhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/territory.pdf (p.354). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.State Capital at Nashville)In 1817, the capital moved back to Knoxville, then to Murfreesboro, and then back to its permanent location in Nashville in 1826.uhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/comingofage.pdf (p. 354). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.State of Franklin Formed7[`East TennesseeSettlers on the frontier of present-day East Tennessee formed the Independent State of Franklin in 1784. Lasting only four years, it failed in 1788.\http://www.segenealogy.com/tennessee/tn_history.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001. Tennessee Ceded to US GovernmentYbWhen North Carolina joined the union, it ceded its western lands to the federal government, but reservced the right to satisfy future land claims in the territory. This area became known as the "Southwest Territory".shttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/territory.pdf (p. 349). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.$Tennessee Votes to Stay in the Union54% of the state's voters, voted to not send delegates to the secession convention. With the firing on Ft. Sumpter, public opinion quickly swayed against the union.qhttp://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/online/section6/troubles.pdf (p.376). Taken from the Internet, July 26, 2001.US Takes Control of MemphismMemphis