John Wilkes Booth

Herbert 1 I live in the old house of John Wilkes Booth. My family often receives mail because people want photos but it is just one of the downs of living in an old criminal’s house. I wanted to tell everyone the time I found a door in the house that took me to the day John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Over the course of my adventure I found research and photos on my experience and thoughts. John Wilkes Booth is a notorious criminal that killed Abraham Lincoln and hurt the Union. (http://www.historynet.com/john-wilkes-booth) Before I chased Booth through the day I had to do some research on his childhood. Booth had a difficult childhood that caused bad behavioral issues including the making of a murderer. Booth’s life began on May 10, 1838 in Bel Air, Maryland on a slave-run farm along with his nine siblings (http://www.biography.com/people/john-wilkes-booth-9219681#early-life). Herbert 2 Booth’s family owned slaves in which contributed to his dislike for Abraham Lincoln. John’s father, a famous actor, was an alcoholic and intellectually unstable (http://www.historynet.com/john-wilkes-booth). He ignored his children and did not socially bond with them…

ohn Wilkes Booth Student Name Institution Synopsis John Wilkes Booth was an American actor who was one of the most auspicious of his time. He was part of the Booth theatrical family and by 1860s he had already earned himself a good reputation in the acting career.He joined the No-Nothing Party in the 1850s and during the period of the civil war he became a secret Confederate agent. He vehemently denounced Abraham Lincoln and strongly opposed the eradication of slavery in the…

1838, John Wilkes Booth was born. (Holzer, “The president is shot” 59) He was born to the unmarried pair Junius Brutus Booth, who had abandoned his wife Adelaide Booth and son Richard Junius Booth in England to sail to America, and Mary Ann Holmes. (Roscoe 30-31) As a child John Wilkes Booth watched his father succeed as a famous tragic actor, although his father died when he was only fourteen, (Holzer, “The president is shot” 59) Booth knew he wanted fame like his father from a young age. When…

There is no doubt in my mind that John Wilkes Booth was a criminal. Some would say that he was perhaps a hero because he was fighting for what he believed in but heroes don’t kill, vigilantes do. But he couldn’t be that either because vigilantes would be willing to die for the cause. So he was defiantly a criminal. (Civil War Times) Lincoln’s killer was born in Maryland in 1839 (Biography.com Editors). Mary Ann Holmes and Junius Brutus Booth where his parents (Booth, John Wilkes). Booth…

John wilkes booth was born on May 10, 1839 somewhere in Maryland. Booth was the second youngest of 10 siblings. John's father's name was Junius brutus booth. Junius was a well known actor, but he had a bad habit for heavy. John was also raised on a farm with all of his sibilin. John's farm did have slaves, and the slaves run the cotton fields. The reason why John Wilkes Booth made an impact on our history. Is by killing Abraham Lincoln in april 14, 1865 right after 10:00. Booth had killed…

Cole Pendleton Presented To Mrs. Hutt English 8th Period April 15, 2016 The Life of John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an interesting man as this research paper will state his career, motivations and death. John Wilkes Booth, the man that shocked the entire country by doing something unthinkable at the time, assassinating the president. Before Booth even wanted to kill Lincoln, he was a pretty bad actor. He normally played subordinate roles, like minor people that did not…

assassinations in U.S. history, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth. We will compare and contrast the early lives, criminal nature, the assassinations themselves, and the punishment the JFK killer and the Lincoln Assassin received. Childhood To Adult Life Lee Harvey Oswald was born Oct. 18,1939. He grew up as an orphan, his whole childhood. During his childhood, he was interested in fascist and communist propaganda. He often…

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…

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,…

Abraham and his wife, Mary Todd was sitting in the presidential box at Ford’s Theater watching a comedy play named, “Our American Cousin”. Although this lovely couple was having a great time, they did not know that everything would change in a blink of an eye. It was just past 10:00 pm, John Wilkes Booth headed up the stairs towards the presidential box. The security guard protecting that room, names Henry Rathbone, was stabbed by Booth. Then Booth entered and shot Lincoln with a .44 caliber gun…