Part of Tennessee once was part of North Carolina. In 1790 North Carolina ceded the area to the federal government. Tennessee (including the area that once was part of North Carolina) was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796 as the 16th state.
Tennessee was admitted into the Union on June 1, 1796 becoming the 16th state to join the Union.
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Tennessee's state wild animal is the raccoon. The state bird is the Mockingbird, State Game Bird is the Bobwhite Quail, State Amphibian is the Tennessee Cave Salamander and the State Reptile is the Eastern Box Turtle.
Tobacco and country music.
Bill Haslam
No, the top is not the southern.
American Sipping Wiskey
The Pride of the Southland
42,114 square miles
The tulip popular is the official state tree of Tennessee. It was designated the state tree by the General Assembly in 1947.
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The current Governor of Tennessee is Phil Bredesen.