Charleston Tour Guide Test| Complete questions and Answers| Get it 100% Accurate!!| Latest Update

Charleston Tour Guide Test| Complete questions and Answers| Get it 100% Accurate!!| Latest Update Name years that hurricane hit. 1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2 weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989 (Hugo) Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. Denmark Vesey Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. November 21, 1824. First US VP to resign. 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? 1828 Nullification Controversey was in response to what? 1828 and 1832 tariffs. Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year? 1832. How long was railway and where did it go? 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg. What happend to St. Philip's in 1835? Destroyed by fire. how many acres did 1838 fire cover and how many building damaged? 144 acres. almost 1,000 buildings easteward from King St. to Ansonborough. First municipal college and year city funded it. College of Charleston. 1839. What was built as result of Denmark Vesey revolt? SC Arsensal. What year was Citadel established and where? 1842. On grounds of SC Arsenal. Date that Ordinance of Secession was signed? December 20, 1860. Where was Ordinance of Secesssion signed? Insitute Hall. what and when started Civil War? Firing on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861. When was worst fire? Where? December 11, 1861. Diagnoal path from Cooper to Ashley rivers. Who founded first Reformed Jewish congregations? Members of K.K. Beth Elohim What Did Robert Smalls do? What was the date? 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? Col. Robert Gould. What did 54th Mass do, and what was date? Led assault on Battery Wagner in 1863. When did Union bombardment of Charleston begin?