La Amistad
The meaning of "La Amistad."
What is friendship?
November 23, 1849
When was Dr. Parkman murdered?
Jurisdiction.
What is the proper court that has the authority to conduct legal proceedings?
The Baltimore Plot.
What was the first assassination plot with which John Wilkes Booth was associated?
Four students who do debate in school.
Who are Leo, Clay, Aoife, Sami, Emma, Devanshi, Marthe and Phil, Antonia, and Jonas?
(Any four of the above will do.)
The percentage of American people enslaved in 1790.
What is 18%?
Ephraim Littlefield.
What was the janitor at the Harvard Medical College falsely accused of murdering Dr. Parkman?
The famous actor who saw John Brown hang.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Sic semper tyrannus - two answers are required.
What did Booth purportedly say after he shot President Lincoln?
What is the motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia?
In his spare time, he is a gardener.
Who is Sean?
The second busiest port in the United States for the importation of slaves in the early 1800's.
What is Bristol, Rhode Island?
The Spunker Club.
What was the name given to "body snatchers" at the Harvard Medical College?
The President of the United States during the John Brown trial.
Who was Martin van Buren?
"Come Victory" and "Come Retribution."
What were the two code phrases used by the Confederacy in its clandestine covert operations?
She does ballet, contemporary, jazz, and lyrical dance (among others)
Who is Aoife?
John Quincy Adams.
Who was the attorney for the slaves before the United States Supreme Court?
60,000
How many spectators watched the trial of Dr. Webster?
45 minutes.
How long did the jury in the trial of John Brown take to deliberate before reaching their verdict?
Judah Benjamin.
Who was (any will do):
The Secretary of State for the Confederacy
The brains behind the Lincoln assassination.
The boss of the Confederate spy John Surratt?
Four students who do mock trial in school.
Who are Clay, Jonas, Emma and Cana?
What are three historical inaccuracies in the movie, Amistad?
What are:
There was no such thing as a whistlestop Presidential campaign tour at the time of La Amistad.
The Amistad started the Civil War.
There was talk of a coming Civil War (It didn't happen for another 20+ years.)
The slaves did not speak.
White heroism was the theme.
Five changes in the law due to the Commonsealth v. Webster case.
What are:(Any five of the following will suffice)
The alibi defense
Reasonable doubt
The definition of murder
The definition of manslaughter
Forensic evidence
Dental evidence
Character evidence
The importance of circumstantial evidence.
Five similarities between the trial of John Brown and a modern-day trial.
What are:
A public trial.
A grand jury.
A unanimous verdict.
Counsel for the defense.
Trial by jury.
The Dahlren Papers.
What were the military orders caried by Colonel Ulric Dahlren when raiding the Belle Island prison to free Union prisoners, that also allegedly called for the assassination of Confederate leaders?
Five students who love both history and math.
Who are Marthe, Antonia, Devanshi, Sami and Leo?