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1796 Tennessee is now the 16th state.
Tennessee becomes part of the union. -
Tennessean Andrew Jackson becomes a hero in the War of 1812.
Jackson served from 1829 to 1837 He was also the 7th president of the U.S. -
The Chickasaw Treaty
The Chickasaw Treaty extended Tennessee's western boundary to the Mississippi River, and it opened up a new agricultural area for settlement. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears forced the Cherokee people to move west. -
African-Americans
The U.S. Congress approves the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting citizenship to African-Americans. -
Tennessee enacts the Jim Crow Laws.
The Jim Crow Laws made colored and white people go to different places to do the same thing. Colored men and women had different bathrooms and different waterfountains! So unfair! -
Drafted and volunteers!
Around 100,000 of the state's young men volunteered or were drafted into the armed services during World War I. -
Grand Ole Opry begins in Nashville!
The Grand Ole Opry begins in downtown Nashville on November 28, 1925. -
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated in 1940 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis on April 15, 1968
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. In 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize - four years before his assasination in Memphis, TN. -
Elvis Presley dies
On August 16, 1977 , Elvis Presley died in Memphis of Cardiac Dysrhythmia. -
Tennessee’s Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Albert Gore was born on March 31, 1948 in Washington, D.C. He was the 45th Vice President under Bill Clinton.
