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As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many marksmen who were skilled with rifles.  When fellow Tennesseean General Andrew Jackson called for volunteers to help him fight the British in New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812, Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].

As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many marksmen who were skilled with rifles.  When fellow Tennesseean General Andrew Jackson called for volunteers to help him fight the British in New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812, Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].

In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Ninteenth Amendment | Nineteenth Amendment]] to the US 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 US Constitution, a victory for the suffragists.

In 2000, Tennessee voted against its own former Senator and Vice President Democrat Al Gore, causing him to lose the presidential election by only one state.  It was an example of the independent-minded Christian voters casting their ballots based on principle.  This was the only time a presidential candidate has lost the election by the margin of his own home state.

In 2000, Tennessee voted against its own former Senator and Vice President Democrat Al Gore, causing him to lose the presidential election by only one state.  It was an example of the independent-minded Christian voters casting their ballots based on principle.  This was the only time a presidential candidate has lost the election by the margin of his own home state.