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Charleston Tour Guide Test Questions and
Correct Answers
Name years that hurricane hit. Ans: 1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie),
1989 (Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. Ans: Denmark Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. Ans:
November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. Ans: 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? Ans: 1828
Nullification Controversey was in response to what? Ans: 1828
and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year?
Ans: 1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? Ans: 136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
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What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? Ans: Destroyed by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many building
damaged? Ans: 144 acres. almost 1,000 buildings easteward from
King St. to Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. Ans: College of
Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? Ans: SC
Arsensal.
What year was Citadel established and where? Ans: 1842. On
grounds of SC Arsenal.
Date that Ordinance of Secession was signed? Ans: December 20,
1860.
Where was Ordinance of Secesssion signed? Ans: Insitute Hall.
what and when started Civil War? Ans: Firing on Fort Sumter April
12, 1861.
When was worst fire? Where? Ans: December 11, 1861. Diagnoal
path from Cooper to Ashley rivers.
Who founded first Reformed Jewish congregations? Ans: Members
of K.K. Beth Elohim
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What Did Robert Smalls do? What was the date? Ans: 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? Ans: Col. Robert Gould.
What did 54th Mass do, and what was date? Ans: Led assault on
Battery Wagner in 1863.
When did Union bombardment of Charleston begin? Ans: August
1863.
How long did Ubion bombardment last? Ans: 18 months
Year that Jeff Davis visited Charleston. Where did he stay? Ans:
1863. Stayed at Gov. William Aiken Jr's house at 48 Elizabeth St.
What did Hunley do and when? Ans: Sank Houstatonic on
February 17, 1864.
How many days did union seige last? Ans: 545 days
Month and year that Union occupation started? Ans: February
1865
What booming industry started in 1867? Ans: Phosphate
what mayor expands parks and other public services and when?
Ans: William Ashmead Courenay in 1879
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When did big earthquake happen? Ans: 1886.
How many died in earthquake? Ans: almost 100.
What happened in Hamton Park in 1902? Ans: Interstate and West
Indian Expo.
What month and year did hurricane wipe out last of rice industry?
Ans: August, 1911
When was boll weevil detected? By what year was cotton industry
destroyed? Ans: 1917. 1919.
Who was Susan Pringle Frost? Ans: A founder of Society for
Preservation of Old Dwellings.
When was Society for Preservation of Old Dwellings founded? Ans:
1920
When did Grace Memorial open? Ans: 1929
Year that city passed ordinance creating first historic district?
Ans: 1931
1931 historic zoning ordinance also created what? Ans: Board of
Architectural Review
Year that Porgy & Bess opened in NYC? Ans: 1935
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Charleston Tour Guide Test Questions and
Correct Answers
Name years that hurricane hit. Ans: 1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie),
1989 (Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. Ans: Denmark Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. Ans:
November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. Ans: 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? Ans: 1828
Nullification Controversey was in response to what? Ans: 1828
and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year?
Ans: 1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? Ans: 136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
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What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? Ans: Destroyed by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many building
damaged? Ans: 144 acres. almost 1,000 buildings easteward from
King St. to Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. Ans: College of
Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? Ans: SC
Arsensal.
What year was Citadel established and where? Ans: 1842. On
grounds of SC Arsenal.
Date that Ordinance of Secession was signed? Ans: December 20,
1860.
Where was Ordinance of Secesssion signed? Ans: Insitute Hall.
what and when started Civil War? Ans: Firing on Fort Sumter April
12, 1861.
When was worst fire? Where? Ans: December 11, 1861. Diagnoal
path from Cooper to Ashley rivers.
Who founded first Reformed Jewish congregations? Ans: Members
of K.K. Beth Elohim
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What Did Robert Smalls do? What was the date? Ans: 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? Ans: Col. Robert Gould.
What did 54th Mass do, and what was date? Ans: Led assault on
Battery Wagner in 1863.
When did Union bombardment of Charleston begin? Ans: August
1863.
How long did Ubion bombardment last? Ans: 18 months
Year that Jeff Davis visited Charleston. Where did he stay? Ans:
1863. Stayed at Gov. William Aiken Jr's house at 48 Elizabeth St.
What did Hunley do and when? Ans: Sank Houstatonic on
February 17, 1864.
How many days did union seige last? Ans: 545 days
Month and year that Union occupation started? Ans: February
1865
What booming industry started in 1867? Ans: Phosphate
what mayor expands parks and other public services and when?
Ans: William Ashmead Courenay in 1879
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When did big earthquake happen? Ans: 1886.
How many died in earthquake? Ans: almost 100.
What happened in Hamton Park in 1902? Ans: Interstate and West
Indian Expo.
What month and year did hurricane wipe out last of rice industry?
Ans: August, 1911
When was boll weevil detected? By what year was cotton industry
destroyed? Ans: 1917. 1919.
Who was Susan Pringle Frost? Ans: A founder of Society for
Preservation of Old Dwellings.
When was Society for Preservation of Old Dwellings founded? Ans:
1920
When did Grace Memorial open? Ans: 1929
Year that city passed ordinance creating first historic district?
Ans: 1931
1931 historic zoning ordinance also created what? Ans: Board of
Architectural Review
Year that Porgy & Bess opened in NYC? Ans: 1935
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