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Quiz about The Story of Amistad
Quiz about The Story of Amistad

The Story of Amistad Trivia Quiz


This is the story of a group of African slaves who only wanted freedom.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
pennie1478
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
152,225
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. From 1837 to 1839, how many African slaves were taken from Africa to Cuba to be sold? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who led the mutiny against the Amistad? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Amistad made it back to Africa.


Question 4 of 10
4. Which armed service caught the Amistad? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The criminal case against the slaves involved in killing the cook and the Captain was dismissed.


Question 6 of 10
6. Were the African slaves allowed to tell their stories?


Question 7 of 10
7. Which ex-president was influential in the Amistad case? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The survivors of the Amistad left with missionaries after they won the case.


Question 9 of 10
9. Which President's election stopped Spain's compensation for the Amistad case? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What does La Amistad mean? Hint



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1. From 1837 to 1839, how many African slaves were taken from Africa to Cuba to be sold?

Answer: 25,000

In 1817, a treaty was made between Britain and Spain banning the sale of slaves in any Spanish colonies. Over a two year period, 25,000 slaves were taken to Cuba to be sold. The slaves that weren't sold in Cuba were put back on the Amistad.
2. Who led the mutiny against the Amistad?

Answer: Cinque

In June of 1839, Cinque was a slave who was put on the Amistad along with fifty-two other slaves, including four children. One month after being put on the Amistad, Cinque led a mutiny in which the Captain and the cook of the ship were killed. Two crewmen escaped in a rowboat. Two other crewmen named Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes were kept alive to steer the ship back to Africa.
3. The Amistad made it back to Africa.

Answer: False

Cinque and the other slaves tried to make it to Africa, but at night Ruiz and Montes steered the ship toward New York. The ship zig-zagged through the water for weeks until finally making it to New York.
4. Which armed service caught the Amistad?

Answer: U.S. Navy

The Navy ship, USS Washington, caught the Amistad in the New York harbor. Judge Andrew T. Judson, a district court judge appointed by President Van Buren, held a judicial hearing on the USS Washington against the slaves responsible for the deaths of two men. Judge Judson had them sent to New Haven, Connecticut where Cinque was separated from the group for fear that he would cause a rebellion.
5. The criminal case against the slaves involved in killing the cook and the Captain was dismissed.

Answer: True

The criminal case was dismissed by Judge Thompson in 1839. Judge Smith Thompson was a US Supreme Court judge. He had Cinque and the others held over until it could be decided if they were someone's property or not.
6. Were the African slaves allowed to tell their stories?

Answer: Yes

A professor of language and a clergyman named Josiah Gibbs got an interpreter, James Covey, to interpret for the slaves because they spoke Mende, the language of Sierre Leone. The slaves told the story of how they were kept in a factory until bought by Ruiz and Montes to be put on the Amistad.
7. Which ex-president was influential in the Amistad case?

Answer: John Q. Adams

John Q. Adams was seventy-four years old and member of Congress when he agreed to help Roger Baldwin defend the African slaves. "By the blessing of God, I will argue this case before the Supreme Court," Mr. Adams told Roger Baldwin. After a year of legal battles, the slaves were deemed free to stay in America or return to Africa.
8. The survivors of the Amistad left with missionaries after they won the case.

Answer: True

Due to problems that plagued the freed Africans in America, the surviving thirty-five men, women and children, including Cinque, went with missionaries to Sierre Leone. Most of them eventually left the mission to start out on their own. One African female, Sarah, returned to America to attend Oberlin College.
9. Which President's election stopped Spain's compensation for the Amistad case?

Answer: President Lincoln

Every President that came to office after the Amistad hearings tried to get Spain compensated for the trouble caused by the Amistad incident. The House of Representatives wouldn't allow compensation even though every president tried to get it for Spain. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, he stopped the compensation efforts altogether.
10. What does La Amistad mean?

Answer: The Friendship

The Amistad case kept the United States and Spain at odds over diplomatic relations for a generation while it helped American missionaries open up the way to Africa. Steven Spielberg made a movie about the Amistad in 1997.
Source: Author pennie1478

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