Click
Here for the FBI investigation of the dillinger
used to murder the President
Go to this
timeline of
Lincoln's last day, to find answers concerning the last day of
Lincoln's life and his
assassination.
The Chicago Historical Society "Scene of
the Crime" tells the story of the assassination
CHALLANGE QUESTIONS
1. The story of the assassination is well known, but why was it
considered
a "conspiracy?" Go to this page
and make a list of three of the theories of conspiracy that arose.
Answers can be found in this short story of the assassination.
Click Here
for the story.
2. Who
was supposed to go with the Lincolns to Ford Theatre, but
couldn't?
3. John Wilkes Booth was in the audience to hear President Lincoln's
last speech. Why did Booth get so worked up over the President's
speech?
4. Which other governmental officers were on the assassination list?
5. Why didn't the other assassinations get accomplished?
6. What did Booth yell when he jumped from the balcony to the stage?
7. How were Booth and the other participants in the assassination
caught? What happened to each?
8. What did
President Lincoln say in his Second Inauguration that angered John
Wilkes Booth so much?
9. Describe what
Lincoln's plan for the South included?
10. Did the
President receive murder-threats before the assassination?
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