Charleston Tour Guide
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answers latest top
score.
Name years that hurricane hit. CORRECT ANSWER.1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989
(Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. CORRECT ANSWER.Denmark Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. CORRECT
ANSWER.November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. CORRECT ANSWER.John C. Calhoun under Andrew Jackson.
Calhoun also VP under John Adams in 1824.
Largest sea island cotton crop and second largest rice crop both in what
year? CORRECT ANSWER.1828
Nullification Controversey was in response to what? CORRECT ANSWER.1828
and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year? CORRECT
ANSWER.1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? CORRECT ANSWER.136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
,What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? CORRECT ANSWER.Destroyed by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many building damaged?
CORRECT ANSWER.144 acres. almost 1,000 buildings easteward from King St. to
Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. CORRECT ANSWER.College of
Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? CORRECT ANSWER.SC
Arsensal.
What year was Citadel established and where? CORRECT ANSWER.1842. On
grounds of SC Arsenal.
Date that Ordinance of Secession was signed? CORRECT ANSWER.December 20,
1860.
Where was Ordinance of Secesssion signed? CORRECT ANSWER.Insitute Hall.
what and when started Civil War? CORRECT ANSWER.Firing on Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861.
When was worst fire? Where? CORRECT ANSWER.December 11, 1861. Diagnoal
path from Cooper to Ashley rivers.
Who founded first Reformed Jewish congregations? CORRECT
ANSWER.Members of K.K. Beth Elohim
What Did Robert Smalls do? What was the date? CORRECT ANSWER.On May
13, 1862, he seized Confederate ship Planter and along with 12 other slaves
delivered it to Union quadron blockading the harbor.
Who led 54th Mass? CORRECT ANSWER.Col. Robert Gould.
What did 54th Mass do, and what was date? CORRECT ANSWER.Led assault on
Battery Wagner in 1863.
When did Union bombardment of Charleston begin? CORRECT ANSWER.August
1863.
How long did Ubion bombardment last? CORRECT ANSWER.18 months
Year that Jeff Davis visited Charleston. Where did he stay? CORRECT
ANSWER.1863. Stayed at Gov. William Aiken Jr's house at 48 Elizabeth St.
What did Hunley do and when? CORRECT ANSWER.Sank Houstatonic on
February 17, 1864.
,How 3many 3days 3did 3union 3seige 3last? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.545 3days
Month 3and 3year 3that 3Union 3occupation 3started? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.February
31865
What 3booming 3industry 3started 3in 31867? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Phosphate
what 3mayor 3expands 3parks 3and 3other 3public 3services 3and 3when? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .William 3Ashmead 3Courenay 3in 31879
When 3did 3big 3earthquake 3happen? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1886.
How 3many 3died 3in 3earthquake? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.almost 3100.
What 3happened 3in 3Hamton 3Park 3in 31902? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Interstate 3and
3West 3Indian 3Expo.
What 3month 3and 3year 3did 3hurricane 3wipe 3out 3last 3of 3rice 3industry? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .August, 31911
When 3was 3boll 3weevil 3detected? 3By 3what 3year 3was 3cotton 3industry
3destroyed? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1917. 31919.
Who 3was 3Susan 3Pringle 3Frost? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.A 3founder 3of 3Society 3for
3Preservation 3of 3Old 3Dwellings.
When 3was 3Society 3for 3Preservation 3of 3Old 3Dwellings 3founded? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1920
When 3did 3Grace 3Memorial 3open? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1929
Year 3that 3city 3passed 3ordinance 3creating 3first 3historic 3district? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1931
1931 3historic 3zoning 3ordinance 3also 3created 3what? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Board 3of
3Architectural 3Review
Year 3that 3Porgy 3& 3Bess 3opened 3in 3NYC? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1935
What 3year 3did 3two 3tornadoes 3hit? 3what 3did 3second 3one 3do? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1938. 3Second 3destroyed 3Market.
What 3did 3Judge 3J. 3Waites 3Waring 3rule 3in 31947? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.SC 3primary
3elections 3must 3be 3open 3to 3blacks.
Who 3founded 3Historic 3Charleston 3Foundation? 3What 3year? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .Carolina 3Art 3Assoc. 3in 31947.
, what 3is 3the 3Ansonborough 3Rehabilitation 3Progam 3and 3year 3it 3started?
3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Revolving 3fund 3for 3restoration 3started 3in 31959.
Year 3that 3historic 3district 3expanded 3and 3zoning 3ordinance 3updated? 3What
3areas 3were 3included 3in 3expansion? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1966. 3Ansonborough
3and 3Harleston 3Village.
What 3year 3did 3Pearman 3Bridge 3open? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1966
Riley 3elected 3firt 3time 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1975
SPoleto 3started 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1977
Navy 3base 3closed 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1995.
Tourism 3becomes 3largest 3in 3dustry 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1995.
When 3was 3Hunley 3raised? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.August 38, 32000.
How 3many 3crew 3members 3did 3Hunley 3have, 3and 3where 3are 3they 3buried?
3CORRECT 3ANSWER.8. 3Magnolia 3Cemetary
Arthur 3Ravenel 3Bridge 3opened 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.2005
Name 3the 34 3main 3Native 3American 3groups 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Kiawah, 3Etiwan,
3Sewee, 3Coosaw
What 3was 3Ashley 3River 3first 3called? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Kiawah
For 3whom 3was 3first 3settlement 3named 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Duke 3of 3Albemarle,
3George 3Monck
Ashley 3and 3Cooper 3Rivers 3named 3for? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Anthony 3Ashley
3Cooper, 3Earl 3of 3Shaftesbury
Name 3the 38 3Lords 3Proprietors 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Anthony 3Ashley 3Cooper, 3Earl
3of 3Shaftesbury; 3George 3Monck, 3Duke 3of 3Albemarle; 3John 3Berkeley, 3Baron 3of
3Berkeley 3of 3Stratton; 3Sir 3George 3Carteret; 3Sir 3John 3Colleton; 3William
3Craven, 3Earl 3of 3Craven; 3Edward 3Hyde, 3Earl 3of 3Clarendon; 3Sir 3William
3Berkeley
Who 3first 3identified 3where 3Charles 3Town 3should 3move? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Gov.
3William 3Sayle.
Who 3did 3Lord 3Ashley 3send 3to 3lay 3out 3new 3town? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Sir 3John
3Yeamans, 3also 3Governor
Test questions and
answers latest top
score.
Name years that hurricane hit. CORRECT ANSWER.1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989
(Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. CORRECT ANSWER.Denmark Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. CORRECT
ANSWER.November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. CORRECT ANSWER.John C. Calhoun under Andrew Jackson.
Calhoun also VP under John Adams in 1824.
Largest sea island cotton crop and second largest rice crop both in what
year? CORRECT ANSWER.1828
Nullification Controversey was in response to what? CORRECT ANSWER.1828
and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year? CORRECT
ANSWER.1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? CORRECT ANSWER.136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
,What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? CORRECT ANSWER.Destroyed by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many building damaged?
CORRECT ANSWER.144 acres. almost 1,000 buildings easteward from King St. to
Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. CORRECT ANSWER.College of
Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? CORRECT ANSWER.SC
Arsensal.
What year was Citadel established and where? CORRECT ANSWER.1842. On
grounds of SC Arsenal.
Date that Ordinance of Secession was signed? CORRECT ANSWER.December 20,
1860.
Where was Ordinance of Secesssion signed? CORRECT ANSWER.Insitute Hall.
what and when started Civil War? CORRECT ANSWER.Firing on Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861.
When was worst fire? Where? CORRECT ANSWER.December 11, 1861. Diagnoal
path from Cooper to Ashley rivers.
Who founded first Reformed Jewish congregations? CORRECT
ANSWER.Members of K.K. Beth Elohim
What Did Robert Smalls do? What was the date? CORRECT ANSWER.On May
13, 1862, he seized Confederate ship Planter and along with 12 other slaves
delivered it to Union quadron blockading the harbor.
Who led 54th Mass? CORRECT ANSWER.Col. Robert Gould.
What did 54th Mass do, and what was date? CORRECT ANSWER.Led assault on
Battery Wagner in 1863.
When did Union bombardment of Charleston begin? CORRECT ANSWER.August
1863.
How long did Ubion bombardment last? CORRECT ANSWER.18 months
Year that Jeff Davis visited Charleston. Where did he stay? CORRECT
ANSWER.1863. Stayed at Gov. William Aiken Jr's house at 48 Elizabeth St.
What did Hunley do and when? CORRECT ANSWER.Sank Houstatonic on
February 17, 1864.
,How 3many 3days 3did 3union 3seige 3last? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.545 3days
Month 3and 3year 3that 3Union 3occupation 3started? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.February
31865
What 3booming 3industry 3started 3in 31867? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Phosphate
what 3mayor 3expands 3parks 3and 3other 3public 3services 3and 3when? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .William 3Ashmead 3Courenay 3in 31879
When 3did 3big 3earthquake 3happen? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1886.
How 3many 3died 3in 3earthquake? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.almost 3100.
What 3happened 3in 3Hamton 3Park 3in 31902? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Interstate 3and
3West 3Indian 3Expo.
What 3month 3and 3year 3did 3hurricane 3wipe 3out 3last 3of 3rice 3industry? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .August, 31911
When 3was 3boll 3weevil 3detected? 3By 3what 3year 3was 3cotton 3industry
3destroyed? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1917. 31919.
Who 3was 3Susan 3Pringle 3Frost? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.A 3founder 3of 3Society 3for
3Preservation 3of 3Old 3Dwellings.
When 3was 3Society 3for 3Preservation 3of 3Old 3Dwellings 3founded? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1920
When 3did 3Grace 3Memorial 3open? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1929
Year 3that 3city 3passed 3ordinance 3creating 3first 3historic 3district? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1931
1931 3historic 3zoning 3ordinance 3also 3created 3what? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Board 3of
3Architectural 3Review
Year 3that 3Porgy 3& 3Bess 3opened 3in 3NYC? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1935
What 3year 3did 3two 3tornadoes 3hit? 3what 3did 3second 3one 3do? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .1938. 3Second 3destroyed 3Market.
What 3did 3Judge 3J. 3Waites 3Waring 3rule 3in 31947? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.SC 3primary
3elections 3must 3be 3open 3to 3blacks.
Who 3founded 3Historic 3Charleston 3Foundation? 3What 3year? 3CORRECT
3ANSWER .Carolina 3Art 3Assoc. 3in 31947.
, what 3is 3the 3Ansonborough 3Rehabilitation 3Progam 3and 3year 3it 3started?
3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Revolving 3fund 3for 3restoration 3started 3in 31959.
Year 3that 3historic 3district 3expanded 3and 3zoning 3ordinance 3updated? 3What
3areas 3were 3included 3in 3expansion? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1966. 3Ansonborough
3and 3Harleston 3Village.
What 3year 3did 3Pearman 3Bridge 3open? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1966
Riley 3elected 3firt 3time 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1975
SPoleto 3started 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1977
Navy 3base 3closed 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1995.
Tourism 3becomes 3largest 3in 3dustry 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.1995.
When 3was 3Hunley 3raised? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.August 38, 32000.
How 3many 3crew 3members 3did 3Hunley 3have, 3and 3where 3are 3they 3buried?
3CORRECT 3ANSWER.8. 3Magnolia 3Cemetary
Arthur 3Ravenel 3Bridge 3opened 3in 3what 3year? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.2005
Name 3the 34 3main 3Native 3American 3groups 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Kiawah, 3Etiwan,
3Sewee, 3Coosaw
What 3was 3Ashley 3River 3first 3called? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Kiawah
For 3whom 3was 3first 3settlement 3named 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Duke 3of 3Albemarle,
3George 3Monck
Ashley 3and 3Cooper 3Rivers 3named 3for? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Anthony 3Ashley
3Cooper, 3Earl 3of 3Shaftesbury
Name 3the 38 3Lords 3Proprietors 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Anthony 3Ashley 3Cooper, 3Earl
3of 3Shaftesbury; 3George 3Monck, 3Duke 3of 3Albemarle; 3John 3Berkeley, 3Baron 3of
3Berkeley 3of 3Stratton; 3Sir 3George 3Carteret; 3Sir 3John 3Colleton; 3William
3Craven, 3Earl 3of 3Craven; 3Edward 3Hyde, 3Earl 3of 3Clarendon; 3Sir 3William
3Berkeley
Who 3first 3identified 3where 3Charles 3Town 3should 3move? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Gov.
3William 3Sayle.
Who 3did 3Lord 3Ashley 3send 3to 3lay 3out 3new 3town? 3CORRECT 3ANSWER.Sir 3John
3Yeamans, 3also 3Governor
