If John Wilkes Booth had been raised in the North and not the South, he would not have had such extreme views and would not have killed Abraham Lincoln. One could argue that something like this is predestined in a person, or that nature comes before nurture. However, the way Booth was raised clearly had a big part in leading up to his attempted kidnapping and following that, his assassination of America’s sixteenth president. His views radically contradicted those of Lincoln, and when, where, and how he was brought up during his childhood are to blame for these extreme viewpoints. John Wilkes Booth was born one of ten children, near Bel Air, Maryland, the same state he attended Milton Boarding School for Boys. He also attended St. Timothy’s
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His first known planned plot to sabotage the sixteenth president was in 1861. He planned on kidnapping him but his plan failed when there was an abrupt change in the Lincoln’s travel arrangements. He was halted shortly when he was arrested in 1862 in St. Louis for making anti-government remarks. Then in 1864, he once again had developed an elaborate scheme of holding him hostage. He planned on using Lincoln as a bargaining chip to win back Confederate prisoners of war held by the North. He was connected with the Confederate Secret Service and had organized a large group of …show more content…
He was so dedicated and biased in his beliefs that he thought he would be regarded as a national hero. He remained stuck in this mindset until the day he died. Clearly if you wasn 't raised in the South And didn 't have such extremist views that so drastically opposed Abraham Lincoln 's the fatal incident would never have happened. Booth genuinely believed that he was doing the country a favor and that he would be rewarded and praised, not criticized and make everyone upset like he did in reality. In fact, calling John Wilkes Booth an extremist in his views would be an understatement. These views, of course, were a product of his surroundings. In conclusion, John Wilkes Booth was born and raised in his views and throughout his life they only became stronger and more extreme. The combination of this point of view and his personality, led assassination of Abraham Lincoln. However since then security measures have increased drastically and an assassination could never take place the way it did that day ever
His first known planned plot to sabotage the sixteenth president was in 1861. He planned on kidnapping him but his plan failed when there was an abrupt change in the Lincoln’s travel arrangements. He was halted shortly when he was arrested in 1862 in St. Louis for making anti-government remarks. Then in 1864, he once again had developed an elaborate scheme of holding him hostage. He planned on using Lincoln as a bargaining chip to win back Confederate prisoners of war held by the North. He was connected with the Confederate Secret Service and had organized a large group of …show more content…
He was so dedicated and biased in his beliefs that he thought he would be regarded as a national hero. He remained stuck in this mindset until the day he died. Clearly if you wasn 't raised in the South And didn 't have such extremist views that so drastically opposed Abraham Lincoln 's the fatal incident would never have happened. Booth genuinely believed that he was doing the country a favor and that he would be rewarded and praised, not criticized and make everyone upset like he did in reality. In fact, calling John Wilkes Booth an extremist in his views would be an understatement. These views, of course, were a product of his surroundings. In conclusion, John Wilkes Booth was born and raised in his views and throughout his life they only became stronger and more extreme. The combination of this point of view and his personality, led assassination of Abraham Lincoln. However since then security measures have increased drastically and an assassination could never take place the way it did that day ever