TN History Overall Review

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The population requirement to become a state is

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60,000

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On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the ______ state in the Union.

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16th

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Who was the first governor of Tennessee?

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John Sevier

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Tennessee's first capital was __

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Knoxville

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During the War of 1812, Tennesseans earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" because 2,000 men volunteered when only 1,500 were needed.

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2,000 men volunteered when only 1,500 were needed.

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Why was Dragging Canoe unhappy with the Watauga settlers?

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He feared they would take all of the Cherokee land.

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Cherokee war chief that fought against Tennessee settlers, and formed the band of Chickamauga Indians.

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Dragging Canoe

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How did the Jackson Purchase expand Tennessee?

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Expanded the western boundary by 6,000 miles

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Which of these best explains what the settlers meant when they spoke of Manifest Destiny? Options: They believed the only way they could survive was to take over the West., They believed they had the right to possess (own) the land from the East coast to West coast., They believed the American Indians were sophisticated and deserved the same rights as Americans., They believed they had the moral duty to respect the cultures that already existed in the West.

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They believed they had the right to possess (own) the land from the East coast to West coast.

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Who was president of the United States when Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

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Andrew Jackson