Civics chapter 9
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- 1860 Abraham Lincoln
- first republican opposed slavery, divided the US
- 1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain
- Sam Davis was confederate scout; hung
- 1905 State Flag adopted
- 3 white stars to rep. three divisions
- 1897 TN Centennial Celebration; First Sufferage Convention
- Centennial or 100 year celebration, first convention for women
- 1992 Alber Gore Jr.
- vice president; ran for president, lost to Bush and Cheney
- 1917 US enters WWI
- Germans attack US ships; TN furnished 100,000 soldiers
- 1886 War of Roses
- Brothers; Alfred wore a red rose, Bob wore a white rose
- 1862 Fort Henry/Donelson attack, battle of Shiloh, Battle of Stones River
- union led by Grant, confederacy led by Nathan Bedford Forrest Lincoln took over TN governor's office put Andrew Johnson in
- 1920 TN ratifies 19th amendment
- vote for women; TN major role in sufferage movement
- 1865 Civil War ends
- except for VA, TN had more action than any other state
- 1945 WW II ends
- lifted out of depression, 20 yrs. manufacturating in TN doubles
- 1968 MLK assassinated
- April 24, 1968, on balcony of Loraine Hotel, Memphis
- 1922 Austin Peay elected governor
- he pulled TN out of debt
- 1875 State Board of Education
- prior to this, schools were run by counties, not state
- 1941 US enters World War II
- 90,000 served from TN, atack on Pearl Harbor, Oak Ridge Project
- 1965 Voting Rights Act
- blacks could register to vote and became important in US decision making
- 1866 TN reenters the Union
- they were last to get out and first back in; 14th amendment gave slaves citizenship, Klu Klux Klan orignated in Pulaski, TN
- 1953 Constitutional Convention held
- poll tax eliminated; governor's term went to four years
- 1932 Franklin D. Rosevelt elected president
- program was called New Deal to help people out of depression; created Social Security
- 1925 Trial
- Scopes Monkey
- 1870 state Constitutional convention held
- black males had right to vote, poll tax, slaves were freed but stayed with owners
- 1914 World War I begins
- war in Europe
- 1861 Fort Sumter Attack, Civil War begins, TN secedes
- confederate states were south, union was north, confederate states: VA, TN, GA, FL, MS, LA, TX, SC
- 1909 State wide prohibition law passed
- no sale or consumption of alcohol in TN
- 1864 Battle of Franklin
- union army destroyed confederacy
- 1970 Lamar Alexander
- responsible for bringing Nissan to TN
- 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education
- blacks and whites went to same schools
- 1933 Tennessee Valley Authority created
- one of New Deal programs; built dams for electricity
- 1918
- WW I ends