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Name |years |that |hurricane |hit. |- |correct |answer |-1698, |1699, |twice |in |1752 |(2 |weeks |apart), |1813,
|1822, |1886, |1893, |1911, |1940, |1959 |(Gracie), |1989 |(Hugo)
Name |thwarted |1822 |slave |revolt. |- |correct |answer |-Denmark |Vesey
Date |that |Reformed |Society |of |Israelites |was |formed. |- |correct |answer |-November |21, |1824.
First |US |VP |to |resign. |- |correct |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? |- |correct |answer |-
1828
Nullification |Controversey |was |in |response |to |what? |- |correct |answer |-1828 |and |1832 |tariffs.
Longest |railway |in |the |world |(at |time) |was |completed |in |what |year? |- |correct |answer |-1832.
How |long |was |railway |and |where |did |it |go? |- |correct |answer |-136 |miles |from |Charleston |to |
Hamburg.
What |happend |to |St. |Philip's |in |1835? |- |correct |answer |-Destroyed |by |fire.
how |many |acres |did |1838 |fire |cover |and |how |many |building |damaged? |- |correct |answer |-144 |
acres. |almost |1,000 |buildings |easteward |from |King |St. |to |Ansonborough.
First |municipal |college |and |year |city |funded |it. |- |correct |answer |-College |of |Charleston. |1839.
,What |was |built |as |result |of |Denmark |Vesey |revolt? |- |correct |answer |-SC |Arsensal.
What |year |was |Citadel |established |and |where? |- |correct |answer |-1842. |On |grounds |of |SC |Arsenal.
Date |that |Ordinance |of |Secession |was |signed? |- |correct |answer |-December |20, |1860.
Where |was |Ordinance |of |Secesssion |signed? |- |correct |answer |-Insitute |Hall.
what |and |when |started |Civil |War? |- |correct |answer |-Firing |on |Fort |Sumter |April |12, |1861.
When |was |worst |fire? |Where? |- |correct |answer |-December |11, |1861. |Diagnoal |path |from |Cooper |
to |Ashley |rivers.
Who |founded |first |Reformed |Jewish |congregations? |- |correct |answer |-Members |of |K.K. |Beth |
Elohim
What |Did |Robert |Smalls |do? |What |was |the |date? |- |correct |answer |-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? |- |correct |answer |-Col. |Robert |Gould.
What |did |54th |Mass |do, |and |what |was |date? |- |correct |answer |-Led |assault |on |Battery |Wagner |in |
1863.
When |did |Union |bombardment |of |Charleston |begin? |- |correct |answer |-August |1863.
How |long |did |Ubion |bombardment |last? |- |correct |answer |-18 |months
Year |that |Jeff |Davis |visited |Charleston. |Where |did |he |stay? |- |correct |answer |-1863. |Stayed |at |Gov.
|William |Aiken |Jr's |house |at |48 |Elizabeth |St.
,What |did |Hunley |do |and |when? |- |correct |answer |-Sank |Houstatonic |on |February |17, |1864.
How |many |days |did |union |seige |last? |- |correct |answer |-545 |days
Month |and |year |that |Union |occupation |started? |- |correct |answer |-February |1865
What |booming |industry |started |in |1867? |- |correct |answer |-Phosphate
what |mayor |expands |parks |and |other |public |services |and |when? |- |correct |answer |-William |
Ashmead |Courenay |in |1879
When |did |big |earthquake |happen? |- |correct |answer |-1886.
How |many |died |in |earthquake? |- |correct |answer |-almost |100.
What |happened |in |Hamton |Park |in |1902? |- |correct |answer |-Interstate |and |West |Indian |Expo.
What |month |and |year |did |hurricane |wipe |out |last |of |rice |industry? |- |correct |answer |-August, |
1911
When |was |boll |weevil |detected? |By |what |year |was |cotton |industry |destroyed? |- |correct |answer |-
1917. |1919.
Who |was |Susan |Pringle |Frost? |- |correct |answer |-A |founder |of |Society |for |Preservation |of |Old |
Dwellings.
When |was |Society |for |Preservation |of |Old |Dwellings |founded? |- |correct |answer |-1920
When |did |Grace |Memorial |open? |- |correct |answer |-1929
, Year |that |city |passed |ordinance |creating |first |historic |district? |- |correct |answer |-1931
1931 |historic |zoning |ordinance |also |created |what? |- |correct |answer |-Board |of |Architectural |Review
Year |that |Porgy |& |Bess |opened |in |NYC? |- |correct |answer |-1935
What |year |did |two |tornadoes |hit? |what |did |second |one |do? |- |correct |answer |-1938. |Second |
destroyed |Market.
What |did |Judge |J. |Waites |Waring |rule |in |1947? |- |correct |answer |-SC |primary |elections |must |be |
open |to |blacks.
Who |founded |Historic |Charleston |Foundation? |What |year? |- |correct |answer |-Carolina |Art |Assoc. |in
|1947.
what |is |the |Ansonborough |Rehabilitation |Progam |and |year |it |started? |- |correct |answer |-Revolving |
fund |for |restoration |started |in |1959.
Year |that |historic |district |expanded |and |zoning |ordinance |updated? |What |areas |were |included |in |
expansion? |- |correct |answer |-1966. |Ansonborough |and |Harleston |Village.
What |year |did |Pearman |Bridge |open? |- |correct |answer |-1966
Riley |elected |firt |time |in |what |year? |- |correct |answer |-1975
SPoleto |started |in |what |year? |- |correct |answer |-1977
Navy |base |closed |in |what |year? |- |correct |answer |-1995.
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