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Publicado: 28 de septiembre de 2011
Name: Yair Araiza Garcia
School Year: 2° grade
Subject: Movie Report
Teacher: Ana Maria
Movie Information
Name of the movie: Amistad
Director: Steven Spilberg
Country of origin: UnitedStates
Year of release: 1997
Actors: Morgan Freeman
Anthony Hopkins
Djimon Hounsou
Matthew McConaughey
Questioner
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1. From where did La Amistadoriginally set sail? Africa.
2. Who led the revolt? The black man named Cinqué.
3. Where was La Amistad captured after the revolt? La Amistad was captured by the American Navy and the slaves weresent to a jail in New Haven in Connecticut.
4. How did the crew get La Amistad to Montauk Point? La Amistad is found by the Americans, the Africans were sailing directly for the United States.5. What charges were filed against the captives? The court charged the Africans with insurrection on the high seas.
6. Which two abolitionists were looking for someone to take the case? TheodoreJoadson and Lewis Tappan.
7. Who became the lawyer for the captives? Roger S. Baldwin.
8. What three groups were trying to claim the Africans as property? Spain, United States, and SouthAmerica.
9. Who was the former president who joined the Amistad Committee? John Quincy Adams.
10. How did Josiah Gibbs break the communications barrier with the captives? He tries to talk to theAfricans, but he doesn´t understand anything they say. Gibbs finally decides that they need a translator to communicate with them.
11. Who became the translator? James Covey.
12. Why did USPresident Van Buren want the captives to lose their court case? Because if the slavery is abolished, the South will have little choice but to go to war with the north.
13. What was the judge’s decision?That the Africans were illegally kidnapped from their homes. Then he authorizes the release of the Africans and their trip back to Africa.
14. What argument did John Quincy Adams use to defend...
School Year: 2° grade
Subject: Movie Report
Teacher: Ana Maria
Movie Information
Name of the movie: Amistad
Director: Steven Spilberg
Country of origin: UnitedStates
Year of release: 1997
Actors: Morgan Freeman
Anthony Hopkins
Djimon Hounsou
Matthew McConaughey
Questioner
.
1. From where did La Amistadoriginally set sail? Africa.
2. Who led the revolt? The black man named Cinqué.
3. Where was La Amistad captured after the revolt? La Amistad was captured by the American Navy and the slaves weresent to a jail in New Haven in Connecticut.
4. How did the crew get La Amistad to Montauk Point? La Amistad is found by the Americans, the Africans were sailing directly for the United States.5. What charges were filed against the captives? The court charged the Africans with insurrection on the high seas.
6. Which two abolitionists were looking for someone to take the case? TheodoreJoadson and Lewis Tappan.
7. Who became the lawyer for the captives? Roger S. Baldwin.
8. What three groups were trying to claim the Africans as property? Spain, United States, and SouthAmerica.
9. Who was the former president who joined the Amistad Committee? John Quincy Adams.
10. How did Josiah Gibbs break the communications barrier with the captives? He tries to talk to theAfricans, but he doesn´t understand anything they say. Gibbs finally decides that they need a translator to communicate with them.
11. Who became the translator? James Covey.
12. Why did USPresident Van Buren want the captives to lose their court case? Because if the slavery is abolished, the South will have little choice but to go to war with the north.
13. What was the judge’s decision?That the Africans were illegally kidnapped from their homes. Then he authorizes the release of the Africans and their trip back to Africa.
14. What argument did John Quincy Adams use to defend...
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