Tennessee
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}}Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders 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 the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. 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. Other major cities include Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. 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 (), 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 most of its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy and most of the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to officially secede from the union and join the Confederacy, and the first former Confederate state readmitted to the Union after the war had ended during the lengthy Reconstruction era.
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. 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.
Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South. The Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and the Cumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys and waterfalls. The central part of the state is marked by cavernous bedrock and irregular rolling hills, and level, fertile plains define West Tennessee. The state is twice bisected by the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River forms its western border. Its economy is dominated by the health care, music, finance, automotive, chemical, electronics, and tourism sectors, and cattle, soybeans, corn, poultry, tobacco, and cotton are its primary agricultural products. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is in eastern Tennessee. Provided by Wikipedia
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41by Barnett, Paul, 1902-1944
Published 1944Knoxville, Tenn., Issued for the University of Tennessee, Division of university extension, 1944.60 p. incl. illus. (maps) tables. 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee. Research Council...”
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42by Barnett, Paul, 1902-1944
Published 1941Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Division of university extension, 1941.iii, 3-122 p. map, tables, diagrs. 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee. Research Council...”
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43Published 1908Nashville, Tenn. : The Association, 1908-v. : ill. (incl. ports.) ; 28 cm.“...Tennessee State Medical Association...”
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44Published 1938[S.l.] : The Association, 1938.59 p.“...Tennessee State Medical Association...”
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45Published 1953Knoxville, 1953.82 p. illus. 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)...”
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46by Read, Willie Harold, 1908-
Published 1938Knoxville, Tenn., Univ. of Tennessee, Division of university extension, 1938.127 p. forms, tables. 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee. Research Council...”
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47Published 1903Nashville : The Association, 1903-1907.5 v.“...Tennessee State Medical Association...”
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48Published 1904[Knoxville, University of Tennessee press, 1904]43 p.“...University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)...”
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49Published 1897Nashville : Marshall & Bruce Co., 1897.38 p. : ill.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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50Published 1897[S.l. : s.n., 1897]16 p.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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52Knoxville, Tenn., East Tennessee Historical Society.61 v. ill. 25 cm.“...East Tennessee Historical Society...”
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53by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935
Published 1897Nashville, Tenn. : Brandon Printing Company, 1897.32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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54by Bokum, Hermann, 1807-1878
Published 1868Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1868.1 p. ̋., 164 p. front. (fold. map) 20 cm.“...Tennessee. State Board of Immigration...”
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55Published 1897Nashville : Bureau of Promotion and Publicity, 1897.47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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56Published 1897Chattanooga, Tenn. : Times Printing Co., 1897.86 p. : ill., ports.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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57Published 1907Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee Press, 1907.65 p. ; 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)...”
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58Published 1965Knoxville [1965]9 p., 10-152 l. map. 28 cm.“...University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)...”
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59by Hubbard, Gardiner G. (Gardiner Greene), 1822-1897
Published 1898Washington : W.F. Roberts, 1898.67 p. ; 24 cm.“...Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition...”
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60by Lewis, Charles Wesley, 1907-
Published 1939Knoxville, Tenn., University of Tennessee, Division of university extension, 1939.64 p. tables, diagrs. 23 cm.“...University of Tennessee. Research Council...”