Outline of Tennessee

The Flag of the State of Tennessee

The location of the state of Tennessee in the United States of America

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tennessee:

Tennessee – U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war. In the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from an agrarian economy to a more diversified economy, aided at times by federal entities such as the Tennessee Valley Authority. Tennessee has played a critical role in the development of many forms of American popular music, including rock and roll, blues, country, and rockabilly.

General reference[]

An enlargeable map of the state of Tennessee

Names
- Common name: Tennessee
  - Pronunciation: /tɛnɪˈsiː/ (listen)
- Official name: State of Tennessee
- Abbreviations and name codes
  - Postal symbol: TN
  - ISO 3166-2 code: US-TN
  - Internet second-level domain: .tn.us
- Nicknames
  - Big Bend State (refers to the Tennessee River)^[1]
  - Butternut State (refers to the tan color of the uniforms worn by Tennessee soldiers in the American Civil War)^[1]
  - Hog and Hominy State^[1]
  - The Mother of Southwestern Statesmen^[1]
  - Volunteer State^[1] (currently used on license plates)
Adjectival: Tennessee
Demonyms
- Tennessean
- Volunteer

Geography of Tennessee[]

Geography of Tennessee

Tennessee is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
Location
- Northern hemisphere
- Western hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        United States of America
        Contiguous United States
        Central United States
        East South Central States
        
        Southern United States
        Southeastern United States
Population of Tennessee: 6,346,105 (2010 U.S. Census^[2])
Area of Tennessee:
Atlas of Tennessee

Western Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Eastern Tennessee

Administrative divisions of Tennessee[]

An enlargeable map of the 95 counties of the state of Tennessee

The 95 counties of the state of Tennessee
- Municipalities in Tennessee
  - Cities and towns in Tennessee
    - State capital of Tennessee: Nashville
    - City nicknames in Tennessee

Demography of Tennessee[]

Demographics of Tennessee

Government and politics of Tennessee[]

Politics of Tennessee

Form of government: U.S. state government
United States congressional delegations from Tennessee
Tennessee State Capitol
Political party strength in Tennessee

Branches of the government of Tennessee[]

Government of Tennessee

Executive branch of the government of Tennessee[]

Governor of Tennessee
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
- Secretary of State of Tennessee
State departments

Legislative branch of the government of Tennessee[]

Tennessee General Assembly (bicameral)
- Upper house: Tennessee Senate
- Lower house: Tennessee House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Tennessee[]

Courts of Tennessee

Supreme Court of Tennessee

Law and order in Tennessee[]

Cannabis in Tennessee
Capital punishment in Tennessee
- Individuals executed in Tennessee
Constitution of Tennessee
Crime in Tennessee
Gun laws in Tennessee
Law enforcement in Tennessee
- Law enforcement agencies in Tennessee
  - Tennessee State Police

Military in Tennessee[]

History of Tennessee[]

History of Tennessee

History of Tennessee, by period[]

Prehistory of Tennessee
English Province of Carolina, 1663–1707
French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763
British Province of Carolina, 1707–1712
British Province of North Carolina, 1712–1776
French and Indian War, 1754–1763
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
British Indian Reserve, 1763–1783
- Royal Proclamation of 1763
American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
State of North Carolina since 1776
- Cherokee–American wars, 1776–1794
Territory South of the River Ohio, 1790–1796
- Nickajack Expedition, 1794
State of Tennessee becomes 16th State admitted to the United States of America on June 1, 1796
- Creek War, 1813–1814
- Andrew Jackson becomes 7th President of the United States on March 4, 1829
- James K. Polk becomes 11th President of the United States on March 4, 1845
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  - Tennessee volunteers
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  - Tennessee in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
    - - Eleventh state to declare secession from the United States on June 8, 1861
      - Eleventh state admitted to the Confederate States of America on July 2, 1861
    - Battle of Fort Donelson, February 11–16, 1862
    - Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862
    - Stones River Campaign, November 20, 1862 – January 2, 1863
      - Battle of Stones River, December 31, 1862 - January 2, 1863
    - Tullahoma Campaign, June 24 – July 3, 1863
    - Knoxville Campaign, September 22 – December 14, 1863
    - Chattanooga Campaign, October 1 – November 27, 1863
      - Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863
      - Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863
    - Franklin-Nashville Campaign, October 5 – December 25, 1864
      - Second Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864
      - Battle of Nashville, December 15–16, 1864
- Andrew Johnson becomes 17th President of the United States on April 15, 1865
- Tennessee in Reconstruction, 1865–1866
  - - First former Confederate state readmitted to the United States on July 24, 1866
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park established on June 15, 1934
- Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969
  - Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968