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Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 37mins
What was the purpose of the assassination plot?
To bring down the top leaders of the Union so the South could rise again
To get rid of the leaders and replace them with Southern leaders
To make way for John WIlkes Booth to become president
To bring down those that suspected John Wilkes Booth of treason
Who was John Wilkes Booth in charge of assassinating?
(a)
Who was in charge of killing Secretary of State Seward?
(a)
Check all the things that David Herold was in charge of.
Helping Powell navigate Washington
Helping Powell carrying out Seward's assassination
Killing Vice President Johnson
Helping Booth escape from Ford's theater
Helping Booth navigate Maryland
Who was George Atzerodt in charge of assassinating?
(a)
How did Mary Surrat help Booth?
She gave Booth Lincoln's location
She told Booth to visit Dr. Mudd
She helped Booth get supplies to use in his escape
She hid Booth while he was on the run
Who is Dr. Mudd?
A doctor that helped Booth with his leg injury
A doctor that helped to turn Booth in
A doctor that treated Lincoln after he was shot
The doctor who pronounced Lincoln dead
What was Stanton in charge of?
Stanton was in charge of assassinating VP Johnson
Stanton was in charge of the manhunt for JWB.
Stanton was in charge of transporting Lincoln's body
Stanton was in charge of getting supplies for Booth
Ironically, who was just below Lincoln at his inaugural speech?
John Wilkes Booth
George Azterodt
Lewis Powell
David Herold
What were Booth's 2 weapons?
44 caliber pistol
38 caliber pistol
noose
lead pipe
knife
Why was Mary Todd Lincoln so upset lately?
Because she didn't want Lincoln to take a 2nd term in office
Because her son had just died
Because she was fearful for Lincoln's safety
Because she felt disconnected from her husband
Why was Booth surprised as he entered the president's box?
There was no guard at the door
Lincoln was heavily guarded
the door was locked
Lincoln was by himself
Why did Booth wait until the end of the play to shoot Lincoln?
So he could exit dramatically
So everyone could still enjoy the play after he shoots the president
So he could shoot the president while everyone was laughing (no one would hear it)
So he could enjoy the end of the play that he knew so well
What were Powell's 3 problems that he encountered when he went to kill Seward?
Come up with a plan on how to enter Seward's house
Come up with an escape plan out of the 2nd story window
Investigate where Seward's room was
Investigate how many people were in the house
Investigate the name of the doctor to come up with a good cover story
How was Major Rathbone selfish?
He wouldn't let other doctors into the theater box to tend to Lincoln
He wouldn't let anyone else take care of Lincoln except him
He wanted Dr. Leale to take care of him first instead of Lincoln
He wouldn't let Dr. Leale take care of his fiance first
What decision did Atzerodt make?
He decided to help get Booth over the bridge into Maryland
He decided to help get Lincoln into the boarding house after he was shot
He decided to hide out and let all of the chaos pass over before escaping to Canada
He decided not to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson
What was the injury that Booth sustained?
broken ankle
broken arm
punctured lung
broken leg
Booth was likely to have been lurking in the shadows outside of Ford's Theater as the Presidential carriage arrived. It is also revealed that after Booth went into the theater and heard the lines, he left to go to the nearby ___________ for a drink.
water fountain
tavern
Applebee's
grocery store
What was the name of the Saloon Booth entered around 10 pm? (pg. 35)
(a)
True or False? The door to the presidential box was unguarded.
True
False
After he shot Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth shouted ________________ from the presidential box? (pg. 42)
"Got him!"
"Freedom!"
"Die!"
"Long live the Confederacy!"
When Booth made his way down to the stage, he shouted, "Sic semper tyrannis!" which means... (pg. 43)
"You're dead now!"
"Never turn your back!"
"Thus always to tyrants!"
"Tyrants will die."
"Sic semper tyrannis" was the state motto of: (pg. 42)
Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
Tennessee
Who was the first to realize something was VERY wrong? (pg. 42)
Mary Todd Lincoln
Major Henry Rathbone
Henry Hawk
Charles Forbes
Which of the following was NOT one of Booth's conspirators?
Lewis Powell
David Herold
George Atzerodt
Jefferson Davis
What is the state motto of Virginia?
The south is avenged
Freedom rings
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Home of the brave
Which henchman does not follow through with his role?
George Atzerodt
David Herold
Dr. Mudd
Mary Surratt
Who was pistol whipped at the Seward house?
William Seward
Frederick Seward
Fanny Seward
Sergeant Robinson
Who is NOT physically injured at the Seward house?
Fanny Seward
Sergeant Robinson
Augustus Seward
William Seward
Who does Powell pose as in order to get into the Seward house?
Vice President Johnson
a doctor
a ditch digger
a medicine delivery person
Who is Lincoln's Secretary of State?
William Seward
Gideon Wells
Edwin Stanton
Henry Rathbone
"Leale pressed Lincoln's chest and ordered 2 men to manipulate Lincoln's arms like levers on a water pump" Swanson 68).
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"Whoever told Booth about the President's plan to attend the play that night had unknowingly activated in his mind an imaginary clock that began ticking down, minute by minute" (Swanson 13).
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"Clouds threatened another rainstorm" (Swanson 2).
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"The Union Army had never caught him in action - he was a river ghost to the boys in blue uniforms" (Swanson 118).
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"... ugly grey sky of March 4, 1865 threatened to spoil the great day" (Swanson 1)
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"The river would protect Booth from the angry citizens of Washington" (Swanson 90).
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"He guided them safely through the Zekiah swamp, with its muck, snakes, overgrown vegetation, to the doorstep of Captain Samuel Cox" (Swanson 114).
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"Soldiers heave the corpse like a sack of corn onto the wagon that would bring the body to its 1st stop on the journey...."
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"A fellow actor describing his eyes as being like living jewels" (Swanson 10).
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"The clouds parted and the sun burst out, flooding the spectacle."
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"Booth and his henchmen, planned like highway robbers.
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"He would hold his tongue and allow Booth a head start."
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Every building lining the avenue, wept black crape."
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1. “Then he heard a metallic click...Misfire!”
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“Like a demon, Booth emerged from a cloud of black smoke.”
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“The boarding house was a safe haven for Lincoln to rest.”
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“[The sympathizers] secrets still safe from Mudd and his family..."
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