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Tennessee: flag Tennessee State Seal The mockingbird is the state bird of Tennessee. Iris. Map of Tennessee Memphis's place for blues music and entertainment Tennessee Map of the Upper South region of the United States, highlighting states including Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and parts of surrounding states. The map shows major physical features such as the Appalachian Mountains, Blue Ridge, Cumberland Plateau, major rivers, and lakes, along with the locations of national and state capitals and numerous cities. Great Smoky Mountains Tennessee River
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Learn about the soldiers from Confederate-aligned Tennessee and the largely Union-won battles there
Overview of Tennessee's role in the American Civil War.
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Study the settlement of the American South and the evolution of music in the region from gospel to country
Listen to the music of the American south, and you'll hear the diverse backgrounds...
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Tennessee: flag
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Tennessee State Seal
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The mockingbird is the state bird of Tennessee.
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Iris.
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Map of Tennessee
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Memphis's place for blues music and entertainment
Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
© Anthony Aneese Totah Jr/Dreamstime.com
Tennessee
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United States: The Upper South
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Great Smoky Mountains
Forested peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains, eastern Tennessee.
© Tom Till
Tennessee River
Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
© Kenneth Sponsler/Dreamstime.com
Great blue heron
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), a regular resident of Tennessee's wetlands.
© Index Open
Nashville, Tennessee
Skyline and Cumberland River at dusk, Nashville.
© SeanPavonePhoto/iStock.com
Limestone quarry, Tennessee
Limestone quarry, Tennessee, U.S.
M. Garard
Norris Dam
TVA Norris Dam and switching station, Tennessee.
Courtesy of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville
Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville.
© Katherine Welles/Shutterstock.com
Bill Monroe
Mandolin player and singer Bill Monroe created bluegrass in the 1940s. The music...
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened on Nashville's Music Row in 1967....
© f11photo/Shutterstock,com
Dollywood
Sign at the entrance to the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
© Priscilla Sisk/Dreamstime.com
John Wesley Jarvis: General Andrew Jackson
General Andrew Jackson, oil on canvas by John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1819; in...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1964, (64.8), www.metmuseum.org
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears, oil on canvas by Robert Ottakar Lindneux, 1942; in the...
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Political cartoon featuring Andrew Jackson
Political cartoon accusing Andrew Jackson of monarchical ambitions, 1832.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Union troops behind the lines, Nashville
Union troops behind the lines, Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Photograph...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC B8171-2639 LC)
Andrew Johnson
American politician Andrew Johnson, c. 1860.
Jesse Harrison Whitehurst, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-05704)
Christian fundamentalism
Anti-evolution books on sale in Dayton, Tennessee, during the Scopes Trial, 1925.
© Topical Press Agency—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Memphis, Tennessee
Aerial view of Memphis, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River.
© Henryk Sadura/Fotolia
Tennessee Valley Authority
Area served by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Which State Is Bigger?
Choose two states from the drop-down lists to compare their sizes.
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