Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

Lincoln's speech, given two days after Lee's surrender, was about...

• How to give all freed slaves a paying job.

• How to reunite the country.

• How he would punish the Confederate leaders

Who said, "That is the last speech he will ever make"?

• Mary Todd Lincoln

• Lewis Powell

• John Wilkes Booth

Who did John Wilkes booth plan to kill? Check all that apply.

• President Abraham Lincoln

• Vice President Andrew Johnson

• Wife-Mary Todd Lincoln

• Secretary of State William H. Seward

The play, "Our American Cousin" was a

• comedy

• tragedy

• drama

• musical

John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln

• in the White House

• in his carriage

• in the Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre

• leaving the play

Booth escaped by

• hiding in an alley

• horse

• train

• hiding in the boardinghouse across the street

Lincoln lingered over a week before he died of the gunshot wound.

• True

• False

Secretary of State William Henry Seward was stabbed in his bed by Lewis Powell.

• True

• False

Vice President Andrew Johnson was attacked by George Atzerodt in his home.

• True

• False

John Wilkes Booth was found in nearby Maryland and brought back to Washington to face trial.

• True

• False