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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ TEN-iss-EE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), 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 Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ), 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. (Full article...)

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Rodney Allan Atkins (born March 28, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart in 1997, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the hit single "Honesty (Write Me a List)".

If You're Going Through Hell, his second album, was released in 2006. Its first two singles, "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" and "Watching You", each spent four weeks at number one the country music chart, and were respectively ranked as the top country songs of 2006 and 2007 according to Billboard Year-End. The album, which has since been certified platinum in the United States, produced two more number one singles in "These Are My People" and "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)". It's America (2009) included the number one single "It's America" and the Top 5 hit "Farmer's Daughter", which was added to a later reissue of the album. Take a Back Road (2011) produced his sixth number one in its title track, and 2019's Caught Up in the Country set a record for the longest run on the country singles charts with its title track. Atkins has received six nominations from the Academy of Country Music and two from the Country Music Association, winning Top New Male Vocalist from the former in 2006. (Full article...)

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The Tennessee State Guard (TNSG) is the state defense force of the state of Tennessee. The TNSG is organized as a military reserve force whose members drill once per month unless called to active duty. The TNSG is a branch of the Tennessee Military Department, alongside the Tennessee Army National Guard, the Tennessee Air National Guard, and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. The State Guard acts as a force multiplier for the state's National Guard. As a state defense force, the Tennessee State Guard cannot be federalized, and is not deployed outside the borders of Tennessee, as it is a purely state-level unit. It answers solely to the Governor of Tennessee, unlike the dual federal and state controlled National Guard. The creation of a state military force is recognized under Tennessee Code Annotated 58-1-401. (Full article...)

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Image 1Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 2The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 3Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 4Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 5The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 6The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 7Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 8Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 9Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 10Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 11Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)

Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 13Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 15The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 16A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 17Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 18Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 19Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 20Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 21Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 22Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 23Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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Image 25Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 26The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 27The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 28Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 29The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 31Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 32A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 33Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 34in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 35Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 36Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 37The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 38The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 39Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 40Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 41Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 42The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 43Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 44in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 45The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 46Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 47A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 48The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 50A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 52Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 53Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 54Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 55Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 56Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 57Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 58Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 59The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 60A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 61Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 62The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 63The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 64Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 65Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 66Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 67Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 68The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 69Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 70Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 71Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 72Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 73Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 741861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 75Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 76Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 77John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 78Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)

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... that the Pellissippi Parkway in East Tennessee takes its name from a Native American name that was applied to both the Clinch and Ohio Rivers?
... that Gerald Willis, after working as a bus driver at age 15, started a business that earned $2 million per year and built a replica of the Hermitage after watching The President's Lady?
... that soccer player Danielle Marcano scored four goals in back-to-back games that helped to send the University of Tennessee to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the first time in history?
... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
... that in Jackson, Tennessee, there was a 50–50 chance a reference to Dixie was about a radio station?

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