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Charleston Tour Guide Exam LATEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
What were the three ships that were initially used for the voyage to Carolina?
......ANSWER......Carolina, Port Royal, Albermarle
Who were John Sr., Elizabeth and John Jr.? ......ANSWER......The first recorded
African slave family to arrive. They arrived in 1670 on the Three Brothers
Who was Edward Teach? ......ANSWER......Blackbeard the Pirate. He menaced
Charles Towne in 1718
Who was Stede Bonnet? ......ANSWER......The "gentleman pirate". An educated,
aristocratic, former royal navy pirate that was eventually hung in White Point
Gardens
What are the names of the two prominent women pirates of the early 18th
century? ......ANSWER......Anne Bonny and Mary Read
When did the Battle of Fort Sullivan begin? ......ANSWER......June 28, 1776
What is Fort Sullivan known as today? ......ANSWER......Fort Moultrie after
Colonel William Moultrie
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The introduction of rice transformed the lowcountry into what type of society?
......ANSWER......A plantation society
When and where was the Democratic convention of 1860 held?
......ANSWER......On April 23, 1860 at Institute Hall (currently 134 Meeting
Street)
What was the name of the Federal ship that was fired at causing the official start
of the Civil war? ......ANSWER......The Star of the West
When was Jefferson Davis elected President of all seceded states?
......ANSWER......February 1861
Who was Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard? ......ANSWER......A native of New
Orleans that commanded the confederate forces in Charleston at the start of the
civil war and 1862
When did the "storming of Fort Wagner" occur? ......ANSWER......July 1863
How many days did the bombardment of Charleston by Union forces last?
......ANSWER......587 days
This submarine was the first sub to sink a ship in warfare. ......ANSWER......H.L.
Hunley sunk the Housatanic in February 1864
What other name is the Civil War referred to? ......ANSWER......The War Between
the States
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The War for Southern Independence
The Southern Revolution
The War of the Northern Aggression
The Late Unpleasantness
What is a carpetbagger? ......ANSWER......A northern white that arrived in the
South following the civil war
Why is Alice Ravenel Huger Smith a notable person? ......ANSWER......(1876-
1958) She was a painter during the Charleston Renaissance most notable for her
watercolors romanticizing plantation life
When was the Charleston Renaissance? ......ANSWER......1915-1940
Who is Elizabeth O'neill Verner? ......ANSWER......1883-1979, created and
perfected vernercolor. Known for etchings sold to tourists
What is vernercolor ......ANSWER......applying layers of pastel to silk mounted on
wood
Who is Alfred Hutty? ......ANSWER......1877-1954, served as director of the
Gibbes Art Gallery, from Woodstock NY, became a prominent etcher
Edwin Augustus Harleston? ......ANSWER......1882-1931, an african american
artist, the citys stongest and academically trained artist. Went to Avery institute
and Museum of Fine arts in Boston. Known for portraits of middle class African
Americans
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Anne Heyward Taylor ......ANSWER......1879-1956, Graduated from the SC
college for Women in 1897, studied under William Merritt Chase, well traveled,
known for colorful woodblock prints of flowers and streets
John Bennett ......ANSWER......1865-1956, a CR writer, author of Master Skylark
and Doctor to the Dead. A northerner from Ohio, had particular interest in
Gullah culture
DuBose Heyward ......ANSWER......1885-1940, Wrote the novel of Porgy in 1925.
Took particular interest in African American Culture
Josephine Pinckney ......ANSWER......1895-1957, A CR author, Went to Columbia
University, Radcliffe and Boston University. Most famous book was Three
O'Clock Dinner
Hervey Allen ......ANSWER......1889-1949, CR author, collaborator with DuBose
Heyward, wrote Carolina Chansons, a biography of Edgar Allen Poe, Israfel and
Anthony Adverse
Beatrice Witte Ravenel ......ANSWER......1870-1956, CR poet, her first poems
were published in the Harvard monthly. Later she was published in Harpers, The
Saturday Evening Post. Her only book was published in 1926 called the Arrow of
Lightning
What was the name of the destroyer the Charleston Naval yard built during
WWI? how many other ships were built there during this time?
......ANSWER......Tillman, the gunboat the Asheville and eight other ships
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Charleston Tour Guide Exam LATEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
What were the three ships that were initially used for the voyage to Carolina?
......ANSWER......Carolina, Port Royal, Albermarle
Who were John Sr., Elizabeth and John Jr.? ......ANSWER......The first recorded
African slave family to arrive. They arrived in 1670 on the Three Brothers
Who was Edward Teach? ......ANSWER......Blackbeard the Pirate. He menaced
Charles Towne in 1718
Who was Stede Bonnet? ......ANSWER......The "gentleman pirate". An educated,
aristocratic, former royal navy pirate that was eventually hung in White Point
Gardens
What are the names of the two prominent women pirates of the early 18th
century? ......ANSWER......Anne Bonny and Mary Read
When did the Battle of Fort Sullivan begin? ......ANSWER......June 28, 1776
What is Fort Sullivan known as today? ......ANSWER......Fort Moultrie after
Colonel William Moultrie
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The introduction of rice transformed the lowcountry into what type of society?
......ANSWER......A plantation society
When and where was the Democratic convention of 1860 held?
......ANSWER......On April 23, 1860 at Institute Hall (currently 134 Meeting
Street)
What was the name of the Federal ship that was fired at causing the official start
of the Civil war? ......ANSWER......The Star of the West
When was Jefferson Davis elected President of all seceded states?
......ANSWER......February 1861
Who was Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard? ......ANSWER......A native of New
Orleans that commanded the confederate forces in Charleston at the start of the
civil war and 1862
When did the "storming of Fort Wagner" occur? ......ANSWER......July 1863
How many days did the bombardment of Charleston by Union forces last?
......ANSWER......587 days
This submarine was the first sub to sink a ship in warfare. ......ANSWER......H.L.
Hunley sunk the Housatanic in February 1864
What other name is the Civil War referred to? ......ANSWER......The War Between
the States
pg. 2
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The War for Southern Independence
The Southern Revolution
The War of the Northern Aggression
The Late Unpleasantness
What is a carpetbagger? ......ANSWER......A northern white that arrived in the
South following the civil war
Why is Alice Ravenel Huger Smith a notable person? ......ANSWER......(1876-
1958) She was a painter during the Charleston Renaissance most notable for her
watercolors romanticizing plantation life
When was the Charleston Renaissance? ......ANSWER......1915-1940
Who is Elizabeth O'neill Verner? ......ANSWER......1883-1979, created and
perfected vernercolor. Known for etchings sold to tourists
What is vernercolor ......ANSWER......applying layers of pastel to silk mounted on
wood
Who is Alfred Hutty? ......ANSWER......1877-1954, served as director of the
Gibbes Art Gallery, from Woodstock NY, became a prominent etcher
Edwin Augustus Harleston? ......ANSWER......1882-1931, an african american
artist, the citys stongest and academically trained artist. Went to Avery institute
and Museum of Fine arts in Boston. Known for portraits of middle class African
Americans
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Anne Heyward Taylor ......ANSWER......1879-1956, Graduated from the SC
college for Women in 1897, studied under William Merritt Chase, well traveled,
known for colorful woodblock prints of flowers and streets
John Bennett ......ANSWER......1865-1956, a CR writer, author of Master Skylark
and Doctor to the Dead. A northerner from Ohio, had particular interest in
Gullah culture
DuBose Heyward ......ANSWER......1885-1940, Wrote the novel of Porgy in 1925.
Took particular interest in African American Culture
Josephine Pinckney ......ANSWER......1895-1957, A CR author, Went to Columbia
University, Radcliffe and Boston University. Most famous book was Three
O'Clock Dinner
Hervey Allen ......ANSWER......1889-1949, CR author, collaborator with DuBose
Heyward, wrote Carolina Chansons, a biography of Edgar Allen Poe, Israfel and
Anthony Adverse
Beatrice Witte Ravenel ......ANSWER......1870-1956, CR poet, her first poems
were published in the Harvard monthly. Later she was published in Harpers, The
Saturday Evening Post. Her only book was published in 1926 called the Arrow of
Lightning
What was the name of the destroyer the Charleston Naval yard built during
WWI? how many other ships were built there during this time?
......ANSWER......Tillman, the gunboat the Asheville and eight other ships
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