Nashville sites and civil rights quizzes

The year before the Declaration of Independence, Judge Henderson negotiated a treaty with the Cherokees to purchase thousands of acres of land in Middle Tennessee and Central Kentucky. At first the new colony was known as “Transylvania,” which in the Romanian language means

beyond the woods

True/false: The Cumberland Compact, signed in 1780, served as a governing document for early settlers in Nashville

True

Who were the two key figures credited with founding Nashville in 1779?

John Donelson and James Robertson

How did the introduction of the steamboat in the early 19th century impact Tennessee’s development, especially in Nashville and Memphis?

Trading slaves was made easier and trading deer & beak in general. Forcing the Nashville and Memphis communities to make more wealth along with building their population through easier access into Nashville and Memphis.

Who was Mary Overton, and what was her contribution to Nashville’s early history?

Wife of Judge John Overton, known for her role managing the planation, Travellers Rest

Tennessee was once part of ________. After the Revolutionary War and initial settlement, Tennessee was granted statehood in _____ .

North Carolina; 1796

“Between 1790 and 1800, the state’s populace tripled. It grew 250 percent from the years 1800 to 1820, increasing from 85,000 to 250,000 during the first fourteen years of statehood alone. By 1810, Middle Tennessee had moved ahead of the eastern section in population.” What role did slavery play in this rapid growth? And why did the percentage of enslaved people rise so dramatically between 1790 and 1830?

Slaves did the hard work for the population to grow they were in plantations growing cotton which helped the population grow because middle Tennessee earned more income. The percentage of profit rose because of the slaves being carried into Tennessee unwillfully by boats from other parts of the world.

The first U.S. President from Tennessee was ____________.

Andrew Jackson

What is the most surprising thing you learned from either the reading or the Nashville Sites Early History tour?

That Churches were hospitals during war time. For instance ShtaWaint Mary’s in Nashville.

What made Tennessee strategically important during the Civil War?

Its rivers and railroads

Which Tennessee city was the first Confederate state capital to fall to Union forces?

Nashville

Which fort in Nashville was constructed by the Union using African American laborers during the Civil War?

Fort Negley

All of the following were major battles in Tennessee during the Civil War EXCEPT

Battle of Gettysburg

What is one interesting fact from either of the tours or the text about how the Civil War affected life in Nashville?

Civil War meant a divide in Nashville because there were supporters of the urinf and union on each side making Nashville a battle ground.

During the Civil War, many Nashville buildings (like schools and churches) served as a _____ for the Union army. 

Hospitals for wounded soldiers

True/False: Tennessee was the first state to secede from the United States to form the Confederacy.

False

The Nashville Female Academy, founded in 1817, was established primarily to:

Offer a rigorous curriculum that prepared young women for society life rather than paid professions.

Between 1911 and 1991, the Nashville School of Law primarily operated out of:

The lower basement level of the Downtown YMCA

Explain the significance of the Geier v. Blanton case in the context of Nashville’s higher education history as well as racial equity in higher education.

In the Geier v. Blanton case in context of Nashvilles higher education history as well as racial equity in higher education advocated that there should be higher education for everyone and everyone should have opportunities for it.

What’s the name of the first public high school that remains in operation in Downton Nashville?

Hume-Fogg School

The ____ School, founded in 1929 by Morris Frank with assistance from Dorthy Eustis, was established as a guide dog training school in Nashville. 

Seeing eye

Identify a specific stop on any of the tours in this unit that exemplifies how a historic site has been repurposed for contemporary purposes? Explain its original use and current use.

The wade-seminary school for high school women and a music conservatory became Belmont University and is now coed and a University.