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    In the discussion of the Latter-Day Saints; Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint Movement. Founded by Joseph Smith in upstate New York in the 1820s. By 1830, the Book Of Mormon was published. Years down the road on June 27th, 1844 marked an important day for the Mormonism religion. The day Smith was attacked and killed by a mob, he was currently the mayor of a small town called Nauvoo in Illinois and was preparing to run for the President of the United States. Sources report…

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    Who was John Wilkes Booth and what was he most famous for? John W. Booth was born near Bel Air in Maryland, United States on May 10, 1838 and died April 26, 1865 at a young age of 26. He was born into a family of ten children with being the ninth child. Junius Brutus Booth, John’s father; along with his brother Edwin Booth, were both actors. John strived to be the greatest actor he could possibly be showing precise theoretical potential, but having envy to his brother Edwin for acclaiming actor…

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    When John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln on the 14th of April of 1865. He was sighted as a murderer in the eyes of the U.S. but in his mind and of some others he was a patriot and acted in a time of war to kill the commander in chief of the other side of the war. The definition of a patriot is “a person that loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country.” Booth stated (“I have no desire to out-live my country” A patriot will die for their country and fights for it) stating that…

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    A man sneaks into a theater hours before its opening and quietly carves a hole in the wall. He returns hours later as a well known public figure to observe the art. What happens next will forever alter the course of American history. How John Wilkes Booth pulled off the most compelling and famous assassinations in history is successfully written about in “Killing Lincoln” by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. In “Killing Lincoln,” the truth about the President’s assassination come to light. The…

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    Booth, John W. "From John Wilkes Booth's Diary." “Right or Wrong, God Judge Me”: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth, 1997. These excerpts from his journal entries start off with him talking about what he had just done: assassinate Abraham Lincoln. This first journal describes what was going on in his head during that time that could have convinced him that killing Lincoln was the right thing to do. As a result, for the good of the people, protecting them from such a “tyrant,” he kills the…

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    Learning that Lincoln was to attend Laura Keene’s acclaimed performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, Booth—himself a well-known actor at the time—masterminded the simultaneous assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. By murdering the president and two of his possible successors, Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to throw the U.S. government into disarray. Lincoln occupied a private box…

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    Pingxuan Cao Instructor: Rebecca Levy ENWR 1510-005 21 October 2016 Family Support vs. Psychiatric Care Under the widespread influence of fraudulent advertisements and deceptive suggestions from specialists permeated in society, many people incorrectly attribute the recovery of many geniuses from madness to professional psychiatric care while overlooking the silent support they receive from their family members, which counts for the happiness and physical well-being of those gifted people. If we…

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    President Lincoln had been shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth; then Booth proceeded to flee the scene of the crime. Then, not long after the fatal shooting of the president, news followed that Secretary of State, William H. Seward, had been stabbed. The hunt was now on for the conspirators, the police…

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    day whether or not Mary was involved in the act and whether or not she should have been executed. Mary definitely was! Mary should have been executed by the U.S. Federal Government (which she was) even though she didn’t shoot Lincoln,but helped John Wilkes Booth do it. First, Mary lied a ton to people and the media. Second, Surratt’s family had a bad record on themselves for things they did in the past. Mary, when questioned, lied to media and people about her role in Lincoln’s…

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    Confederate general Thomas Jackson(Stonewall Jackson) Is shot by friendly fire In Chancellorville Virginia. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson got caught in crossfire.He was very heavily wounded by the devastating blow to him from friendly fire.He sadly dies 8 days later from complications by the wound and pneumonia with his only surviving daughter out of 3 and his wife. He was buried several days later in Lexington, Virginia. He was shot twice in the left arm, and once in the right hand. His left…

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