Interactivity Quiz | Mutiny of Amistad

Self-Quiz: The Amistad Mutiny

Part I: Multiple Choice

1. In what year did the mutiny on the Amistad truly begin?

a) 1839

b) 1843

c) 1893

d) 1904

2. It was recognized that the Portugese shipmen illegally seized 53 African Americans. What country were the shipmen heading to sell them and complete the slave trade transaction?

a) Portugal

b) Cuba

c) Spain

d) France

3. Complete the following and identify the respective answer choice.

The verdict of the Supreme Case __________ (name of case) served in favor of the __________(group).

a) United States v. Amistad; Portugese Slave Hunters

b) United States v. Amistad; African Americans

c) Portugal v. Amistad; Portugese Slave Hunters

d) Portugal v. Amistad; African Americans

4. Which of the following has the LEAST associable connection to the Amistad mutiny?

a) Undergound Railroad

b) The Emancipation Proclamation

c) The North Star

d) The Seneca Falls Convetion

5. Which of the following best describes the state of the United States directly after the Amistad Mutiny?

a) United States remained unchanged other than its stance on slavery being repudiated.

b) United States was in a divide between North and South on a matter of views upon human rights and property.

c) United States was slightly altered, yet there were an increasing number of abolitionists with pamphlets, leaflets, and speeches.

d) United States declared slavery ambiguous and the Emancipation Proclamation would be put forth to clarify the rights of slaves.

Part II: Fill in the Blanks

1. The man by the name of _________ was the captured slave who learned how to speak English for the primary purpose of defending himself in the United States v. Amistad Supreme Court Case.

2. The former US president by the name of _________ was, although stressed and bombarded with work at his old age most of the time, decided to be the lawyer siding with the illegally captured slaves because he sought justice to be served.

3. The Portugese slave hunters captured the slaves in the year _________ and traveled on the ship _________ to try to get to the country of _________ where they can confirm the slave trade.

4. The US navy ship named __________ was the one who caught the Portugese shipcrew in action and decided to steer them around and brought the physical chaos between the shipcrew and the captured slaves to a halt for further examination in Courts. Without __________ meeting them in their pathway, the slaves might've been forever gone in the hands of Cuban buyers.

5. The three prominent figures of the Underground Railway, the composition of the North Star, and the declaration of the Emancipation Proclamation were _____________, ______________, ______________. (respectively)

6. The following are examples of ways of advancing the ideas against slavery that abolitionists often went to when trying to change the cruel fate that was before them: _____________, _____________, ____________.

Part III: Matching

1. ___ Amistad Supreme Court Case A. Slave trade

2. ___ Name of slave who first freed the rest of the captured slaves B. Sangbe Pieh

3. ___ A particular way of spreading ideas for Abolitionists C. Pamphlets; leaflets

4. ___ The term for slaves being shipped out to different places by traders D. Abolitionist Movement

5. ___ The division of the North and South stances caused this event. E. African American slaves

6. ___ The movement of runaway slaves advocating against slavery. F. Civil war

7. ___ The final verdict of the Supreme Court ruled in favor of this group. G. Amistad v. United States

Answer Key for Parts I, II, III:

Part I:

1. A

2. B

3. B

4. D

5. C

Part II:

1. Cinque

2. John Quincy Adams

3. 1839, La Amistad, Cuba

4. USS Washington x2

5. Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln

6. pamphlets, leaflets, and speeches

Part III:

1. G

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. F

6. D

7. E