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CHARLESTON TOUR GUIDE EXAM NEWEST 2026
ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||NEWEST EXAM!!!||
1931 historic zoning ordinance also created what? -
Answer-Board of Architectural Review
Year that Porgy & Bess opened in NYC? - Answer-1935
What year did two tornadoes hit? what did second one
do? - Answer-1938. Second destroyed Market.
What did Judge J. Waites Waring rule in 1947? - Answer-
SC primary elections must be open to blacks.
Who founded Historic Charleston Foundation? What year?
- Answer-Carolina Art Assoc. in 1947.
what is the Ansonborough Rehabilitation Progam and year
it started? - Answer-Revolving fund for restoration started
in 1959.
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Year that historic district expanded and zoning ordinance
updated? What areas were included in expansion? -
Answer-1966. Ansonborough and Harleston Village.
What year did Pearman Bridge open? - Answer-1966
Riley elected firt time in what year? - Answer-1975
SPoleto started in what year? - Answer-1977
Navy base closed in what year? - Answer-1995.
Tourism becomes largest in dustry in what year? - Answer-
1995.
When was Hunley raised? - Answer-August 8, 2000.
How many crew members did Hunley have, and where are
they buried? - Answer-8. Magnolia Cemetary
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Arthur Ravenel Bridge opened in what year? - Answer-
2005
Name the 4 main Native American groups - Answer-
Kiawah, Etiwan, Sewee, Coosaw
Name years that hurricane hit. - Answer-1698, 1699, twice
in 1752 (2 weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911,
1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989 (Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. - Answer-Denmark
Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. -
Answer-November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. - 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? - Answer-1828
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Nullification Controversey was in response to what? -
Answer-1828 and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in
what year? - Answer-1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? - Answer-136
miles from Charleston to Hamburg.
What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? - Answer-Destroyed
by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many
building damaged? - Answer-144 acres. almost 1,000
buildings easteward from King St. to Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. - Answer-
College of Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? -
Answer-SC Arsensal.
CHARLESTON TOUR GUIDE EXAM NEWEST 2026
ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||NEWEST EXAM!!!||
1931 historic zoning ordinance also created what? -
Answer-Board of Architectural Review
Year that Porgy & Bess opened in NYC? - Answer-1935
What year did two tornadoes hit? what did second one
do? - Answer-1938. Second destroyed Market.
What did Judge J. Waites Waring rule in 1947? - Answer-
SC primary elections must be open to blacks.
Who founded Historic Charleston Foundation? What year?
- Answer-Carolina Art Assoc. in 1947.
what is the Ansonborough Rehabilitation Progam and year
it started? - Answer-Revolving fund for restoration started
in 1959.
,2|Page
Year that historic district expanded and zoning ordinance
updated? What areas were included in expansion? -
Answer-1966. Ansonborough and Harleston Village.
What year did Pearman Bridge open? - Answer-1966
Riley elected firt time in what year? - Answer-1975
SPoleto started in what year? - Answer-1977
Navy base closed in what year? - Answer-1995.
Tourism becomes largest in dustry in what year? - Answer-
1995.
When was Hunley raised? - Answer-August 8, 2000.
How many crew members did Hunley have, and where are
they buried? - Answer-8. Magnolia Cemetary
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Arthur Ravenel Bridge opened in what year? - Answer-
2005
Name the 4 main Native American groups - Answer-
Kiawah, Etiwan, Sewee, Coosaw
Name years that hurricane hit. - Answer-1698, 1699, twice
in 1752 (2 weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911,
1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989 (Hugo)
Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. - Answer-Denmark
Vesey
Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. -
Answer-November 21, 1824.
First US VP to resign. - 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? - Answer-1828
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Nullification Controversey was in response to what? -
Answer-1828 and 1832 tariffs.
Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in
what year? - Answer-1832.
How long was railway and where did it go? - Answer-136
miles from Charleston to Hamburg.
What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? - Answer-Destroyed
by fire.
how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many
building damaged? - Answer-144 acres. almost 1,000
buildings easteward from King St. to Ansonborough.
First municipal college and year city funded it. - Answer-
College of Charleston. 1839.
What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? -
Answer-SC Arsensal.
