Chasing Lincoln's Killer Quiz Ch. 6

How did the nation officially learn of Lincoln's death?

• notified by cell phone

• phone call from the vice president

• telegram from Stanton

• radio announcement

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What item did Stanton sent to Mary Jane Wells?

• piece of Lincoln's clothes

• piece of Lincoln's hair

• the hat he was wearing

• a letter

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How was Lincoln's body transported to the Executive Mansion?

• carried on foot by three men

• in an ambulance

• in Stanton's car

• in a simple pine box and transported by a simple horse drawn carriage

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What did the doctors do to Lincoln's body?

• drain his blood and put it in jars

• took out his brain to preserve it

• cut off a piece of his hair for his wife

• all the above

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What happened to Vice President Andrew Johnson just over three hours after President Lincoln was declared dead?

• He was assassinated

• He was sworn in as President

• He gave an inaugural address

• He ran home

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Who did Edwin Stanton suspect of killing Secretary of State William H. Seward?

• David Herold

• John Wilkes Booth

• John Surrat

• Lewis Powell

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What did the doctors unnecessarily do when they got Lincoln's body to the Executive Mansion?

• They sat him up in a chair

• They combed his hair

• They talked to him

• They cut open Lincoln's head

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What did David Herold spot that alarmed him when he and Dr. Mudd went to Bryantown to look for a carriage to escape in?

• A Yankee Calvary

• The police

• A search party

• Angry townspeople out for revenge

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Why was Dr. Samuel A. Mudd angry with John Wilkes Booth and David Herold?

• They involved him in the assassination without his consent/permission.

• They messed up his house

• Because he wanted to be the one to kill Lincoln

• Because they did it on the wrong day

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How did Booth and Herold find the home of Captain Cox, even after getting lost?

• they used GPS

• they asked a woman to draw them a map

• they paid a local man $7 to take them to the captain's house

• they stopped at a gas station and asked for direction

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