Tennessee | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Tennessee 00:03:13 1 Etymology 00:05:11 1.1 Nickname 00:06:00 2 Geography 00:07:40 2.1 East Tennessee 00:10:19 2.2 Middle Tennessee 00:11:52 2.3 West Tennessee 00:13:25 2.4 Public lands 00:15:01 2.5 Climate 00:17:45 3 Major cities 00:18:34 4 History 00:18:43 4.1 Early history 00:23:12 4.2 Statehood (1796) 00:25:30 4.3 Civil War and Reconstruction 00:31:05 4.4 20th century 00:34:00 4.5 21st century 00:35:21 5 Demographics 00:39:10 5.1 Birth data 00:39:44 5.2 Religion 00:41:29 6 Economy 00:44:07 6.1 Tax 00:45:37 6.2 Tourism 00:47:34 7 Culture 00:47:43 7.1 Music 00:49:02 7.2 Literature 00:49:10 7.3 Sports 00:53:34 7.3.1 Sports teams 00:53:43 8 Transportation 00:53:52 8.1 Interstate highways 00:55:15 8.2 Airports 00:55:52 8.3 Railroads 00:56:38 9 Governance 00:58:53 9.1 Politics 01:05:10 9.2 Law enforcement 01:05:18 9.2.1 State agencies 01:06:21 9.2.2 Local 01:08:09 9.2.3 Firearms 01:08:39 9.2.4 Capital punishment 01:10:06 9.3 Tribal 01:10:31 10 Media 01:10:40 11 Education 01:10:59 11.1 Colleges and universities 01:11:27 11.2 Local school districts 01:11:54 12 State symbols 01:12:09 13 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Tennessee ( (listen), locally ; Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, translit. Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, with a population of 660,388. Tennessee's second largest city is Memphis, which has a population of 652,717.The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. 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 American Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia, and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined. Beginning during Reconstruction, it had competitive party politics, but a Democratic takeover in the late 1880s resulted in passage of disenfranchisement laws that excluded most blacks and many poor whites from voting. This sharply reduced competition in politics in the state until after passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century. In the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from an agrarian economy to a more diversified economy, aided by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority and, in the early 1940s, the city of Oak Ridge. This city was established to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities, helping to build the world's first atomic bombs, two of which were dropped on Imperial Japan near the end of World War II. Tennessee's major industries include agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. Poultry, soybeans, and cattle are the state's primary agricultural products, and major manufacturing exports include chemicals, transportation equipment, and electrical equipment. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is headquartered in the eastern part of the state, and a section of the Appalachian Trail roughly follows the Tennessee-North Carolina border. Other major tourist attractions include the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga; Dollywood in Pigeon Forge; Ripl ...