Charleston Tour Guide
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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1. What were the three ships that were initially used for the voyage to
Carolina? - Correct Answer: Carolina, Port Royal, Albermarle
2. Who were John Sr., Elizabeth and John Jr.? - Correct Answer: The first
recorded African slave family to arrive. They arrived in 1670 on the Three
Brothers
3. Who was Edward Teach? - Correct Answer: Blackbeard the Pirate. He
menaced Charles Towne in 1718
4. Who was Stede Bonnet? - Correct Answer: The "gentleman pirate". An
educated, aristocratic, former royal navy pirate that was eventually hung in
White Point Gardens
5. What are the names of the two prominent women pirates of the early 18th
century? - Correct Answer: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
6. When did the Battle of Fort Sullivan begin? - Correct Answer: June 28,
1776
,7. What is Fort Sullivan known as today? - Correct Answer: Fort Moultrie
after Colonel William Moultrie
8. The introduction of rice transformed the lowcountry into what type of
society? - Correct Answer: A plantation society
9. When and where was the Democratic convention of 1860 held? -
Correct Answer: On April 23, 1860 at Institute Hall (currently 134 Meeting
Street)
10.What was the name of the Federal ship that was fired at causing the official
start of the Civil war? - Correct Answer: The Star of the West
11.When was Jefferson Davis elected President of all seceded states? -
Correct Answer: February 1861
12.Who was Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard? - Correct Answer: A
native of New Orleans that commanded the confederate forces in
Charleston at the start of the civil war and 1862
13.When did the "storming of Fort Wagner" occur? - Correct Answer: July
1863
14.How many days did the bombardment of Charleston by Union forces last? -
Correct Answer: 587 days
, 15.This submarine was the first sub to sink a ship in warfare. - Correct
Answer: H.L. Hunley sunk the Housatanic in February 1864
16.What other name is the Civil War referred to? - Correct Answer: The
War Between the States
The War for Southern Independence
The Southern Revolution
The War of the Northern Aggression
The Late Unpleasantness
17.What is a carpetbagger? - Correct Answer: A northern white that
arrived in the South following the civil war
18.Why is Alice Ravenel Huger Smith a notable person? - Correct Answer:
(1876-1958) She was a painter during the Charleston Renaissance most
notable for her watercolors romanticizing plantation life
19.When was the Charleston Renaissance? - Correct Answer: 1915-1940
20.Who is Elizabeth O'neill Verner? - Correct Answer: 1883-1979, created
and perfected vernercolor. Known for etchings sold to tourists
21.What is vernercolor - Correct Answer: applying layers of pastel to silk
mounted on wood
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
1. What were the three ships that were initially used for the voyage to
Carolina? - Correct Answer: Carolina, Port Royal, Albermarle
2. Who were John Sr., Elizabeth and John Jr.? - Correct Answer: The first
recorded African slave family to arrive. They arrived in 1670 on the Three
Brothers
3. Who was Edward Teach? - Correct Answer: Blackbeard the Pirate. He
menaced Charles Towne in 1718
4. Who was Stede Bonnet? - Correct Answer: The "gentleman pirate". An
educated, aristocratic, former royal navy pirate that was eventually hung in
White Point Gardens
5. What are the names of the two prominent women pirates of the early 18th
century? - Correct Answer: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
6. When did the Battle of Fort Sullivan begin? - Correct Answer: June 28,
1776
,7. What is Fort Sullivan known as today? - Correct Answer: Fort Moultrie
after Colonel William Moultrie
8. The introduction of rice transformed the lowcountry into what type of
society? - Correct Answer: A plantation society
9. When and where was the Democratic convention of 1860 held? -
Correct Answer: On April 23, 1860 at Institute Hall (currently 134 Meeting
Street)
10.What was the name of the Federal ship that was fired at causing the official
start of the Civil war? - Correct Answer: The Star of the West
11.When was Jefferson Davis elected President of all seceded states? -
Correct Answer: February 1861
12.Who was Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard? - Correct Answer: A
native of New Orleans that commanded the confederate forces in
Charleston at the start of the civil war and 1862
13.When did the "storming of Fort Wagner" occur? - Correct Answer: July
1863
14.How many days did the bombardment of Charleston by Union forces last? -
Correct Answer: 587 days
, 15.This submarine was the first sub to sink a ship in warfare. - Correct
Answer: H.L. Hunley sunk the Housatanic in February 1864
16.What other name is the Civil War referred to? - Correct Answer: The
War Between the States
The War for Southern Independence
The Southern Revolution
The War of the Northern Aggression
The Late Unpleasantness
17.What is a carpetbagger? - Correct Answer: A northern white that
arrived in the South following the civil war
18.Why is Alice Ravenel Huger Smith a notable person? - Correct Answer:
(1876-1958) She was a painter during the Charleston Renaissance most
notable for her watercolors romanticizing plantation life
19.When was the Charleston Renaissance? - Correct Answer: 1915-1940
20.Who is Elizabeth O'neill Verner? - Correct Answer: 1883-1979, created
and perfected vernercolor. Known for etchings sold to tourists
21.What is vernercolor - Correct Answer: applying layers of pastel to silk
mounted on wood
