Name of Topic: Lincoln’s Assassination
Subtopic #1: Why did Booth kill him?
Booth was one of the many who hated Lincoln
Booth liked slavery, and thought that Lincoln was responsible for the war
Booth really wanted the Confederacy to win the Civil War
Booth wanted to be an important part of history. A year earlier there was a plot to kidnap the president. When the south lost, it changed to kill. The south could not accept defeat. Booth thought by killing Lincoln, he could get last ditch revenge.
When Lincoln went to a play at Ford’s Theatre 18 months earlier, Booth was on stage and directed a line about death to Lincoln. “Death is in thine eyes.”
Booth was getting his mail when he overheard the news that the president would be at the …show more content…
When Major Rathbone from the presidential booth said “Stop that man,” the audience did not move a muscle.
By 11 o’clock, 1500 people that were in the theater at the time were lined up outside of Ford’s theater telling people what they had witnessed People were knocking on other people’s doors to tell them On April 21, a train carried Lincoln's body from Washington to Springfield, where he was born
After his death, even his enemies “praised his kindly spirit and selflessness.”
Subtopic #3: What happened because of the assassination?
It was the first assassination of a US president, and the country was shocked
The assassination went along with another chain of attacks. The attacks were headed to: Lincoln, Johnson, Secretary Seward, and Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant was out of town, so his vacation saved his life. An army major, Major Rathbone, was stabbed while trying to stop booth. Booth had brought a knife just in case, for the gun held only one bullet
Secretary seward was stabbed by Lewis Powell, but lived.
George Atzerodt was supposed to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but got drunk and could not find a reason to do
Subtopic #1: Why did Booth kill him?
Booth was one of the many who hated Lincoln
Booth liked slavery, and thought that Lincoln was responsible for the war
Booth really wanted the Confederacy to win the Civil War
Booth wanted to be an important part of history. A year earlier there was a plot to kidnap the president. When the south lost, it changed to kill. The south could not accept defeat. Booth thought by killing Lincoln, he could get last ditch revenge.
When Lincoln went to a play at Ford’s Theatre 18 months earlier, Booth was on stage and directed a line about death to Lincoln. “Death is in thine eyes.”
Booth was getting his mail when he overheard the news that the president would be at the …show more content…
When Major Rathbone from the presidential booth said “Stop that man,” the audience did not move a muscle.
By 11 o’clock, 1500 people that were in the theater at the time were lined up outside of Ford’s theater telling people what they had witnessed People were knocking on other people’s doors to tell them On April 21, a train carried Lincoln's body from Washington to Springfield, where he was born
After his death, even his enemies “praised his kindly spirit and selflessness.”
Subtopic #3: What happened because of the assassination?
It was the first assassination of a US president, and the country was shocked
The assassination went along with another chain of attacks. The attacks were headed to: Lincoln, Johnson, Secretary Seward, and Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant was out of town, so his vacation saved his life. An army major, Major Rathbone, was stabbed while trying to stop booth. Booth had brought a knife just in case, for the gun held only one bullet
Secretary seward was stabbed by Lewis Powell, but lived.
George Atzerodt was supposed to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson, but got drunk and could not find a reason to do