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 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. 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, 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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    Published 1876
    Nashville : The Society, -1876.
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    “...Tennessee Medical Society...”
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    Published 1890
    [Nashville, etc.] 1890-
    v. pl., ports. 24 cm.
    “...Tennessee Bankers Association...”
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    Published 1926
    [Nashville, Tennessee Academy of Science, 1926-
    v. ill., plates, ports., diagrs. 23 cm.
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    Published 1902
    Louisville, Ky. G.G. Fetter Print. Co. [etc.] 1902-
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    Louisville, Ky. [etc.] Fetter Law Book Co. [etc.]
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    Published 1903
    Louisville, Ky., Fetter Law Book Co., 1903.
    xii, 721 p. 23 cm.
    “...Tennessee. Supreme Court...”
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    Published 1957
    Buffalo, N.Y. : Dennis & Co., 1957.
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    “...Tennessee. Supreme Court...”
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    Published 1852
    Nashville [Tenn] : Re-printed by McKennie & Brown, 1852.
    1 online resource (32 pages)
    “...Tennessee. Constitutional Convention...”
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    Published 1878
    St. Louis, Mo. : W.J. Gilbert, 1878.
    1 online resource (344 p.)
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    “...Tennessee. Supreme Court...”
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    Published 1965
    Nashville : Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association, 1965-
    v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
    “...Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association...”
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    Published 1870
    Nashville : Jones, Purvis & Co., Printers to the State, 1870.
    1 online resource (467 pages)
    “...Tennessee. Constitutional Convention...”
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    Published 1815
    Nashville : Printed and sold by T.G. Bradford, printer to the State of Tennessee & of the laws of the United States, 1815.
    1 online resource (644 [that is, 636], 54 pages)
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    Published 1834
    Nashville : W.H. Hunt and Co., printers, 1834.
    1 online resource (415 pages)
    “...Tennessee. Constitutional Convention...”
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    Published 1796
    Knoxville [Tenn.] : Printed by George Roulstone, 1796.
    1 online resource (37 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
    “...Tennessee. Constitutional Convention...”
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    Published 1874
    Nashville : Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1874.
    1 online resource (xix, 890 pages)
    “...Tennessee. Supreme Court...”
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    Published 1898
    Nashville, Tenn. : Marshall & Bruce Co., 1898-1899.
    1 online resource (3 v.)
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    Nashville : Cameron & Fall.
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  18. 38
    Published 1933
    Kingsport, Tennessee : Southern Publishers, 1933.
    1 online resource (502 pages, in various pagings)
    “...Tennessee. General Assembly...”
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    Knoxville, Tenn., University of Tennessee.
    v. illus., plates, ports. 24 cm.
    “...University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus)...”
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    by Cole, William Earle, 1904-
    Published 1938
    Knoxville, Tenn. 1938.
    76 p. maps., tables. 23 cm.
    “...University of Tennessee. Research Council...”
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