Tennessee’s Westward ExpansionStandard 8.39

When Did Tennessee become a state?

_________________________________________________________________________________

William Blount

signer of the _______________________________________________________

• He was the only governor of the ________________________________________________

(___________________________________________________________)

Rocky Mount

• in Piney Flats, Tennessee, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• helped ________________________________________________________________________

• one of Tennessee's ______________________________________________________________

Treaty of Holston

• Treaty between the _______________________________________________________

signed on ____________________________________________

• negotiated and signed by ______________________________________ (U.S.) and

_____________________________(Cherokee)

• ___________________________________________________________________

John Sevier

• the _________________________________________________________________

• became a _____________________________ after the

____________________________________________________________ (Revolutionary War.)

• elected governor of ___________________________________________

• You have a handout about the State of Franklin from standard 8.30

• elected ____________________________________________________________

(________________________ and _________________: back then gov. served 2-year terms)

• served ___________________________ as a _____________________________________

River Systems in Tennessee

Mississippi River

• The __________________________________________________________________________

• _____________________________________________________________________________

• Begins in ______________________________ and ends in _____________________________

Tennessee river

• vital for the survival of ________________________________________

-- especially the _________________________________.

• The _________________________________________ fought on the shores of this river.

• The Tennessee River is the largest _______________________________________

(___________________________________________________________________________)

to the ____________________________________.

Cumberland River

• tributary of the _______________________________________________.

• ________________________________________________________________ was built near it

• ______________________________________________________________________________

• ___________________________________ carrying ______________________ and

________________________ used this river to access the _______________________________

Natchez Trace

• a historical path that extends roughly 440 miles from ______________________________, to _____________________________________________

• linking the_______________________________, _______________________________and __________________________________________ Rivers.

Jackson Purchase

• included all of _______________________________ west of _______________________________________________.

• a region in _____________________________ between the

_______________________________________to the ________________________,

the_____________________________________to the _______________________,

and ______________________________________ to the _____________________.

• __________________________________ and ______________________________ negotiated the purchase from the _________________________________________________.

• obtained by the ________________________________________________.

• The U.S. paid __________________________for the land in ____________________________