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The Assassination of president Lincoln

The Assassination of president Lincoln. 4/15/1865. Timeline of events. March: 1865 a plot is hatched to launch assassinations of Secretary of State William Seward, Vice President-Andrew Johnson, and President Lincoln. March 11, 1865: first attempt is called off.

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The Assassination of president Lincoln

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  1. The Assassination of president Lincoln 4/15/1865

  2. Timeline of events • March: 1865 a plot is hatched to launch assassinations of Secretary of State William Seward, Vice President-Andrew Johnson, and President Lincoln. • March 11, 1865: first attempt is called off. • April 14, 1865: despite reporting to his bodyguard a dream of his assassination, Lincoln attends the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre. • On this night two of the three assassination attempts are nearly completed. The assassin for Andrew Johnson chickens out and goes “salooning” all night. • April 15, 1865: Lincoln dies at 7:22 AM

  3. Pursuing an assassin

  4. Outcome • Booth hoped to do this in honor of South and to avenge for the Civil War. • What he didn’t know what was that he unleashed forces against the South during Reconstruction that only Lincoln could control. • It can be said that the assassination of a powerful moderate president in Lincoln was the worst of all forces for the South.

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