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WorksheetsLincoln's Last Days Part 4
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
What was the name of the doctor who helped Booth set his broken leg?
Dr. David Herold
Dr. Samuel Mudd
Dr. Micaehl O'Laughlen
Dr. John H. Surratt
True or False: As detectives and police began looking for the conspirators, they knew all of their names, except to two men who carried out the attack at the Seward home.
True
False
Knowing it was dangerous to return to his original hotel room, George Atzerodt...
left his possessions behind for police to find and rented a new room at a different hotel.
kept wandering the streets of Washington, because he was lost.
continued to get drunk for the rest of the week.
went and turned himself in right away.
Mark all of the things Dr. Samuel Mudd did for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold.
Set Booth's Leg in a splint.
Bought the men horses.
Housed them, let them rest at his home.
Gave them his carriage.
Was willing to take Herold into town for supplies.
Lafayette _________ is the name of the detective/investigator that was hired to find Booth and the other conspirators.
O'Laughlen
Powell
Smith
Baker
Describe the situation Booth and Herold found themselves in as they waited to be ferried across the Potomac River.
It was hot, stuffy, and they were being swarmed by mosquitos and wasps. They were only out there for a day.
There was plenty of food for them to eat and vegetation around them to hind under. The spent a few hours in their hiding place.
It was brutally cold, so Herold built a fire for protection and warmth. They spend two days waiting.
It was cool, swampy, damp, and a cold front was sweeping across Maryland. They didn't dare light a fire.
When Booth finally receives the newspapers he's been wanting to read, what did the various news outlets label him as?
A hero and savior to the country.
A scoundrel and a coward for shooting Lincoln in the back.
A hero among men.
An ally to the north and the south..
Choose all that apply: What happened as the police showed up at Mary Surratt's house?
She offers the police food and a drink.
She and her daughter were taking into police custody.
She spit at the police officers.
She asked to pray before she left.
A dirty, bloody Lewis Powell shows up with a pickax slung over his shoulder.
What excuse did Lewis Powel give when he showed up to Mary Surratt's house at midnight?
He was there to save her from police.
He was there to turn himself in.
He was there because he is her other biological son.
He is there because she asked him to dig a ditch for her.
What was the problem Lafayette Baker described as he attempted to send and receive messages about the conspirators?
Lack of telegraph lines across the Maryland and Virginia countryside.
Lack of men to help gather information.
Lack of spies to listen in on Confederate sympathizers.
What is it that finally gets George Atzerodt caught by the authorities?
He's out in public supporting Lincoln's assassination and people tell the police.
He wanders around and finally breaks into a stranger's home for refuge.
He feels so guilty that he eventually turns himself in.
He is caught while trying to track down Booth and Herold.
Check all that apply: What was unique about the funeral and burial of President Lincoln?
He had an open casket for all to see.
His casket was going to be buried along with his son, Willie's.
His wife, Mary, is so upset that she doesn't attend.
He was cremated and his urn is still in the White House.
His casket will be taken back to Illinois, reversing the route he took when he became president.
What items of Booth and Herold's did Dr. Mudd still have at his home when the cavalry comes back to search the premises?
A wallet and a boot
A toothbrush and a top hat
A boot and a gun holster
A razor and a boot
Once they successfully cross the Potomac, Booth and Herold do what? (Choose 2!)
Hang out with Confederate veterans and sympathizers.
Hide out in the woods and build a fire for warmth.
Take a buggy, and set their course for Mexico
Find shelter in the home of the Garretts.
Mark all that apply: What went down at the Garrett Barn?
Booth and Herold Hide, while the Garretts sleep outside to guard them. Cavalry surrounds the barn.
Booth make sure to hide in the hay and corn, while Herold hides in the loft.
Cavalry order B and H to exit the barn. H surrenders, while B is ready for a gun-fight.
The barn is set on fire. Booth is shot in the neck.
Booth is immediately paralyzed and lives for only two more hours. His body is taken away in a garbage wagon.
Who are the conspirators that are found guilty and hanged for aiding in the assassination of Lincoln?
Mary Surratt, Booth, John Surratt
Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, George Atzerodt, David Herold
David Herold, Boston Corbett, Lafayette Baker
Samuel Mudd, Michael O'Laughlen, Samuel Arnold, John Surratt
