Charleston Tour Guide Actual Exam
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1. 1st Jewish Reform congregation, founded Nov. 1824 by 47 members,
beginning reform Judaism in America - ANSWER K.K. Beth Elohim
2. 1st golf organization in the country, est. in 1787 - ANSWER SC Golf Club
3. 1st colonists originally site their settlement across the Ashley River in -
ANSWER 1670
4. 1st Charles Town was a colony erected on the site formerly known as -
ANSWER Oyster Point
5. Lord Proprietor who helped Charles II recover thrown led by - ANSWER
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
6. Today outbuildings are incorporated into main house through a open space
between main house and dependencies called a - ANSWER Hyphen
7. Home that faces the street, has a centrally located entrance, and is two rooms
wide instead of one. Opening doors and windows allowed good circulation -
ANSWER Doubles
8. Small, one story cottages with a one-story side piazza - ANSWER
Freedman's Cottage
,9. Built in groupings after the civil war by white developers for rental to
persons of color - ANSWER Freedman's Cottage
10.Four main groups of native people in the region - ANSWER Kiawah,
Etiwan, SeeWee and Coosaw
11.Name years that hurricane hit. - ANSWER 1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989
(Hugo)
12.Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. - ANSWER Denmark Vesey
13.Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. - ANSWER
November 21, 1824.
14.First US VP to resign. - ANSWER John C. Calhoun under Andrew Jackson.
Calhoun also VP under John Adams in 1824.
15.Largest sea island cotton crop and second largest rice crop both in what
year? - ANSWER 1828
16.Nullification Controversy was in response to what? - ANSWER 1828 and
1832 tariffs.
17.Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year? -
ANSWER 1832.
,18.How long was railway and where did it go? - ANSWER 136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
19.What happened to St. Philip's in 1835? - ANSWER Destroyed by fire.
20.Fundamental Constitution of Carolina set up a landed aristocracy and
mandated - ANSWER religious tolerance
21.St. Philips Episcopal church was completed in - ANSWER 1722
22.Considered finest example of Georgian Palladian Architecture in America
(still in extistence) - ANSWER Drayton Hall (1742)
23.Typical single pile Georgian house turned on its end so inhabitants can take
advantage of prevailing breezes, later embellished with piazzas and several
tiers high - ANSWER Charleston Single House
24.Charleston's most famous architect known for classical revival style -
ANSWER Robert Mills
25.Great gentleman architect - ANSWER Gabriel Manigault
26.Most important architect after 1830 working in associational styles -
ANSWER Edward Brickell White
27.Designed Market Hall, C of C Portico, and Huguenot Church - ANSWER
Edward B. White
, 28.Designed SC Society Hall and Orphan House - ANSWER Gabriel
Manigualt
29.Designed Congregational Church (lost in fire 1861), First Baptist Church
and Fireproof Building - ANSWER Robert Mills
30.Year Historic Charleston Foundation to preserve and protect architectural
and historic character of Charleston - ANSWER 1947
31.Houses generally built as single-family homes with 2 or more floors with
narrow end facing the street - ANSWER Single Houses or row houses
32.Piazzas are generally located on what sides of house to catch prevailing
winds, provide shade and provide some outside living space - ANSWER
South or West
33.Fewer windows on opposite side of house from piazza help air to circulate
air and provide privacy to neighboring piazza is called - ANSWER North
side manners
34.Buildings in rear of most house lots in CHS which included slave quarters,
kitchens, carriage houses and workshops are called - ANSWER
dependencies
35.Why were kitchens separated from main house? - ANSWER fire danger and
heat they generated
36.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.
Study Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Brand New Version
1. 1st Jewish Reform congregation, founded Nov. 1824 by 47 members,
beginning reform Judaism in America - ANSWER K.K. Beth Elohim
2. 1st golf organization in the country, est. in 1787 - ANSWER SC Golf Club
3. 1st colonists originally site their settlement across the Ashley River in -
ANSWER 1670
4. 1st Charles Town was a colony erected on the site formerly known as -
ANSWER Oyster Point
5. Lord Proprietor who helped Charles II recover thrown led by - ANSWER
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
6. Today outbuildings are incorporated into main house through a open space
between main house and dependencies called a - ANSWER Hyphen
7. Home that faces the street, has a centrally located entrance, and is two rooms
wide instead of one. Opening doors and windows allowed good circulation -
ANSWER Doubles
8. Small, one story cottages with a one-story side piazza - ANSWER
Freedman's Cottage
,9. Built in groupings after the civil war by white developers for rental to
persons of color - ANSWER Freedman's Cottage
10.Four main groups of native people in the region - ANSWER Kiawah,
Etiwan, SeeWee and Coosaw
11.Name years that hurricane hit. - ANSWER 1698, 1699, twice in 1752 (2
weeks apart), 1813, 1822, 1886, 1893, 1911, 1940, 1959 (Gracie), 1989
(Hugo)
12.Name thwarted 1822 slave revolt. - ANSWER Denmark Vesey
13.Date that Reformed Society of Israelites was formed. - ANSWER
November 21, 1824.
14.First US VP to resign. - ANSWER John C. Calhoun under Andrew Jackson.
Calhoun also VP under John Adams in 1824.
15.Largest sea island cotton crop and second largest rice crop both in what
year? - ANSWER 1828
16.Nullification Controversy was in response to what? - ANSWER 1828 and
1832 tariffs.
17.Longest railway in the world (at time) was completed in what year? -
ANSWER 1832.
,18.How long was railway and where did it go? - ANSWER 136 miles from
Charleston to Hamburg.
19.What happened to St. Philip's in 1835? - ANSWER Destroyed by fire.
20.Fundamental Constitution of Carolina set up a landed aristocracy and
mandated - ANSWER religious tolerance
21.St. Philips Episcopal church was completed in - ANSWER 1722
22.Considered finest example of Georgian Palladian Architecture in America
(still in extistence) - ANSWER Drayton Hall (1742)
23.Typical single pile Georgian house turned on its end so inhabitants can take
advantage of prevailing breezes, later embellished with piazzas and several
tiers high - ANSWER Charleston Single House
24.Charleston's most famous architect known for classical revival style -
ANSWER Robert Mills
25.Great gentleman architect - ANSWER Gabriel Manigault
26.Most important architect after 1830 working in associational styles -
ANSWER Edward Brickell White
27.Designed Market Hall, C of C Portico, and Huguenot Church - ANSWER
Edward B. White
, 28.Designed SC Society Hall and Orphan House - ANSWER Gabriel
Manigualt
29.Designed Congregational Church (lost in fire 1861), First Baptist Church
and Fireproof Building - ANSWER Robert Mills
30.Year Historic Charleston Foundation to preserve and protect architectural
and historic character of Charleston - ANSWER 1947
31.Houses generally built as single-family homes with 2 or more floors with
narrow end facing the street - ANSWER Single Houses or row houses
32.Piazzas are generally located on what sides of house to catch prevailing
winds, provide shade and provide some outside living space - ANSWER
South or West
33.Fewer windows on opposite side of house from piazza help air to circulate
air and provide privacy to neighboring piazza is called - ANSWER North
side manners
34.Buildings in rear of most house lots in CHS which included slave quarters,
kitchens, carriage houses and workshops are called - ANSWER
dependencies
35.Why were kitchens separated from main house? - ANSWER fire danger and
heat they generated
36.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.
