Tennessee

Tennessee

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State nickname: Volunteer State
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Capital	Nashville
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water  - % water	Ranked 36th 109,247 kmē 106,846 kmē 2,400 kmē 2.2%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 16th 5,689,283 52/kmē
Admittance into Union  - Order  - Date	16th June 1, 1796
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4 Central: UTC-6/-5 Eastern TN in Eastern, Western TN in Central
Latitude Longitude	35°N to 36°41'N 81°37'W to 90°28'W
Width Length Elevation   -Highest   -Mean   -Lowest	195 km 710 km   2,025 meters 275 meters 54 meters
ISO 3166-2:	US-TN

Tennessee is a southern state of the United States.

USS Tennessee was named in honor of this state.

Table of contents 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Demographics 6 Important Cities and Towns 7 Education 7.1 Colleges and Universities 8 Professional Sports Teams 9 Miscellaneous Information 10 External Links

History

• history prior to joining the United States
• Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796 as the 16th state, and was created by taking the north and south borders of North Carolina and extending them with only one small deviation to the Mississippi River, Tennessee's western boundary. Tennessee seceded from the Union on May 7, 1861. After the American Civil War, Tennesse adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (February 22, 1865), ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was readmitted to the Union July 24.
• major historical events that occurred in state

Law and Government
[Note that all the U.S. states have similar legal and political systems, so maybe we only need to mention anything that makes the state distinct]

• governor -- current, previous governors
• legislature -- bicameral or unicameral? names of houses?
• structure of state judicary
• information on state constitution
• does it have referenda?

See:List of Tennessee Governors Geography See:List of Tennessee counties

It is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri. The state is bisected by the Tennessee River[?].

The state of Tennessee is traditionally divided by its people into three grand divisions - East, Middle, and West Tennessee.

Economy

• State income
• Major industries/products
• state taxes

Demographics

• state population
• racial/ethnic makeup of state
• religious makeup of state

Important Cities and Towns

The capital is Nashville. Other important cities are Bristol-Kingsport-Johnson City, Oak Ridge, Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville. As of 2000, the population is 5,689,283.

Education

Colleges and Universities

Professional Sports Teams

Memphis Grizzlies, National Basketball Association Tennessee Titans, National Football League Minor League Baseball Teams Memphis Redbirds[?] Nashville Sounds Chattanooga Lookouts[?]

minor league cont. West Tenn Diamond Jaxx[?] Tennessee Smokies[?] Elizabethton Twins[?] Kingsport Mets[?] Johnson City Cardinals[?]

Miscellaneous Information

See: Tennessee State Flag[?]

• The Tennessee Valley Authority is based in Knoxville.

External Links

• http://www.state.tn.us
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (http://www.ornl.gov), a US Department of Energy national laboratory, one of the principal sites for the Manhattan Project's production and isolation of weapons-grade fissionable material, is also located in the state.