The Assassination of Lincoln

What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?

• Bricklayer
• Actor
• Clerk
• Soldier

How many conspirators were there?

• 9
• 6
• 4
• 2

On what day was Lincoln assassinated? 

• April 30, 1865
• January 10, 1864
• April 14, 1865
• April 4, 1865

How was Lincoln assassinated?

• He was stabbed
• he was strangled
• he died in a house fire
• He was shot with a small gun in the back of the head

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The plot against Lincoln was always to murder A. Lincoln.

• True
• False, he was to be kidnapped.

Booth went to the home of Dr Mudd because

• They were friends
• he needed horses
• His leg was injured
• Mudd was in on the conspiracy

John Wilkes Booth's original plan regarding Abraham Lincoln was what?

• To Bomb the Capital Building

• To Kidnap Him

• Have Someone Else Assassinate Him

• Become Lincoln's Bodyguard

Click on every man that was successfully assassinated or injured on the night of April 14th 1865.

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Seward

• Andrew Johnson

• Edwin Stanton

Which of the following did Lincoln do during office?

• Missouri Compromis of 1820
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Kansas- Nebraska Act
• Emancipation Proclamation

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• John Wilkes Booth
• Mary Todd Lincoln