Chasing Lincoln's Killer - Test Review (Ch. 1-6)

What was the purpose of the assassination plot?

• Bring down top leaders of the Union so the South could rise again.

• Bring down the leaders of the Confederate.

• To get famous.

• So Booth could become President.

What was John Wilkes Booth role in the assassination plan?

• Relax and let everyone else do the killing.

• Murder Abraham Lincoln

• Murder Secretary of State Steward

• Perform in a play.

What was Lewis Powell in charge of?

• Murdering Abraham Lincoln.

• Getting horses together for the escape.

• Hiding in the South.

• Killing Secretary of State Seward

What was David Herold in charge of?

• Fixing Booth's leg

• Killing Abraham Lincoln

• Helping Powell navigate Washington in order to meet up with Booth in Maryland.

• Leading the Union Army.

What did George Atzerodt do?

• Killed Vice President Johnson

• Drank at a bar and didn't follow through with the plan.

• Fixed Booth's led.

• Killed Secretary of State Seward

Who is Mary Surratt?

• Actress in the theatre

• Abraham Lincoln's wife

• Dr. Mudd's girlfriend.

• John Surratt's mom. She helped booth get supplies to escape to her tavern.

Who is John Surratt?

• Involved with previous conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln

• Owner of the theatre

• The officer at Ford Theatre

• He killed Seward.

Who is Dr. Mudd?

• Leader of the Union Army

• Owner of a tavern.

• He fixed Booth's leg and let Booth and Herold hide at his farm.

• President of the Confederacy

Who is Stanton?

• Leader of the Confederate Army

• Booth's right hand man

• Secretary of War in charge of manhunt and Lincoln's right hand man

• Owner of the bar Atzerodt drank at.

What is the Peterson House?

• The name of the theatre.

• The name of Dr. Mudd's house.

• The house Booth ran to in Maryland.

• The house they took Lincoln to where he died.