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Undo revision 1491709 by Quidam65 (talk) TN did not secede over slavery, unlike the Deep South. It seceded after Lincoln requested 75,000 troops to put down the already-seceded states.
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
Notwithstanding Tennessee's overall decision to secede during the Civil War, the eastern portion of the state (which is mountainous and not suited to plantation farming, and thus not supportive of slavery) remained loyal to the Union. In fact, except for two elections in the mid-1870s (and notwithstanding the political shifts between the Republican and Democrat parties as to viewpoints), it has voted for Republican congressmen in every election since prior to the Civil War.
Notwithstanding Tennessee's overall decision to secede during the Civil War, the eastern portion of the state (which is mountainous and not suited to plantation farming) remained loyal to the Union. In fact, except for two elections in the mid-1870s (and notwithstanding the political shifts between the Republican and Democrat parties as to viewpoints), it has voted for Republican congressmen in every election since prior to the Civil War.
In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]], a victory for the suffragists.
In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]], a victory for the suffragists.