The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's vice president was

• Andrew Johnson

• John Surratt

• John Wilkes Booth

Owned a boarding house where conspirators met.

• Andrew Johnson

• Mary Surratt

• Garrett Farm

Where Lincoln was shot.

• Garrett Farm

• Ft. Sumter

• Ford Theatre

Co-conspirator who escaped to Europe.

• John Surratt

• Andrew Johnson

• John Brown

Assassinated Lincoln.

• Mary Surratt

• Andrew Johnson

• John Wilkes Booth

Name of the play Lincoln was watching.

• Our American Cousin

• The European Uncle

• My Canadian Sister

Occupation of John Wilkes Booth.

• Janitor

• Actor

• Stage Hand

Where Booth was shot.

• Ford Theatre

• Garrett Farm

• Surratt Farm

Booth originally planned to do this to Lincoln.

• torture

• kidnap

• injure

What was John Wilkes booth's motive for assassinating Lincoln?

• He was angry that Lincoln had freed the slaves.

• He wanted Andrew Johnson to become the President.

• He was a Confederate sympathizer who felt something dramatic needed to happen for the South to win.

• He was a Union sympathizer who felt the North would not win the war with Lincoln as President.