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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Moments before disaster

By: Chandler, Izzy, Taylor

Abraham Lincoln

  • Born in Kentucky
  • Moved to Illinois and got involved with the Whig Party
  • Illinois state legislature
  • Opposed slavery
  • Self taught Lawyer
  • Joined the Republican Party
  • Created a strong cabinet against John C. Berckinridge
  • 16th President in election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln

When did Lincoln die?

April 15, 1865

John Wilkes Booth

He was born on May 10, 1838 in Maryland. Throughout his childhood he was very involved in theater and eventually joined the Shakespearean Stock Company in Richmond, Virgina. Through the American Civil War he continued performing as an actor. From the beginning of Lincoln's term he developed a strong hatred for him and was very outspoken for his advocacy of slavery. Booth died April 26, 1865 at the age of 25 by Boston Corbett who claimed Booth was aiming his pistol at him. In return Corbett shot him with a revolver and severed his spine.

John Wilkes Booth

The weapon used to assasinate Abraham Lincoln

The Assassination

The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth will now begin...

The Assassination

On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot. John Wilkes Booth, the murderer, put down the gun and flashed a dagger. Rathbone leapt at the attacker, forcing him to the railing despite being stabbed in the arm. Booth leaped off the balcony, his left boot spur catching on a flag thrown over the rail, breaking a bone in his leg as he landed. Despite being hurt, he hurried out the back door and rode out into the darkness.

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The Effect

The Effect

Lincoln was pronounced dead at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865, age 56

Search for Booth began with his accomplice, David Herold

Laid to rest in Illinois

They stopped at a doctor to treat Booth's broken leg and secured a boat to row to Virgina after staying with a confederate agent.

April 26, union troops discovered the barn they were hiding in and set fire to it, hoping they would surrender.

Booth was shot by a sergeant and was carried out alive.

4 of his co-conspirators were convicted and hung

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Jeopardy

Sources

Sources

“John Wilkes Booth.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth.

"Abraham Lincoln." History Editors, Histroy https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln#:~:text=Abraham%20Lincoln%2C%20a%20self%2Dtaught,outbreak%20of%20the%20Civil%20War.

History.com Editors. “Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination.” HISTORY, 18 Feb. 2022, www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/abraham-lincoln-assassination.

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