Abraham Lincoln could be considered a hero that saved a broken nation. However, one person in particular didn’t think so. In fact, that person despised him so much that he killed him. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, shot the president of the United States on April 14, 1865, while watching a play at Ford’s Theatre. John Parker, the security guard on duty, lunged at Booth right after the fire, but he lept from the balcony where Lincoln’s seat was and ran into the night on horseback. He was later found in a barn the next day, and was shot dead. Although the outcomes that Booth wanted to get out of this murder didn’t happen, Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was justified for John Wilkes Booth because he had a reason for killing him, which was his frustration and anger at how Lincoln supported African Americans, and he was a Confederate sympathizer while Abe was part of the Union. …show more content…
When Booth attended one of Lincoln’s inaugural speeches, he attempted to lunge at him because he was so mad, and the book Killing Lincoln even states “The site of so many blacks beaming up at him (Lincoln) makes him want to vomit,” (O’Reilly 6). This shows how Booth loathes Lincoln’s justifications on how the future United States will be: a free nation where everybody, including blacks, is equal. In Booth 's diary, written the day before he shot Lincoln, he wrote “Our country owed all her troubles to him [Lincoln], and God simply made me the instrument of his punishment,” (Booth, 1). The entry reveals that Booth is blaming Lincoln for the “troubles” of the country, by letting the blacks have freedom. Both of these justifications support that Booth’s frustration and anger at how Lincoln supported African Americans, is one reason for his
He was able to get away for quite a while until the barns owner he was staying at ratted him out. They got a tip from someone and ledthe lent them into Garrett’s farm where he was found. But he wasn't the only one involved he had people to help him and they all had their separate part. They were willing to help with the process of killing Lincoln
I was on the stand, as close to him nearly as I am to you." This shows that Booth was already thinking about killing Lincoln. Secondly the story says, " In that crowd standing
John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassination was just because he attempted to end the Vietnam war , restructure the CIA. My counter argument is that it was unjust because after he was out of office, he stay focused on political issues. JFK’s assassination was just because he tried to end the Vietnam war. If this plan had been operated and successfully made it would have left the US in deep debt. Because of this the US would have withdrawn without victory.
In all honesty, no one would have really known of what happened to Lincoln if he had survived. However, it may have turned out quite differently based off what Lincoln had already begun with his plans for Reconstruction with the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. He strived to unify the country. To the best of his ability, he would have helped the black people by making sure local governments within the states allowed them the right to vote. With his focus on the matter of equality, the problems with the southerners could've been counteracted and the uprising of racial oppositional groups (KKK) could have eradicated.
Late on a April night in 1865, the unthinkable became true. America’s president had been assassinated. In 1865, a lot changed for Americans who were in love with their president after president Lincoln was shot. There are many conspiracy theories questioning who was involved, for what reasons, and the bigger reason the assassination was planed. The fate of those responsible will also be examined.
Lincoln had many people that tried to assassinate him. There was only one that succeeded in killing Lincoln. He was careful with his methods and process. John Wilkes Booth was the man that killed Abraham Lincoln at Ford 's Theater. Nine months before Lincoln was assassinated someone else tried to kill Lincoln in August of 1864.
It’s important to note that the United State’s first and only civil war was fought during Lincoln’s presidency and that he held a controversial stance at the time on the subject of slavery. When Lincoln died, on one hand many people mourned him, but on the other people rejoiced Lincolns assassination at the same time. It’s strange for someone that lives in the year 2017 that someone would be happy that President Lincoln was assassinated. He stood up for so many right and just standpoints. Wasn’t it a tragedy that Lincoln was murdered in cold blood?
There are many different books that tell the story of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. One such book is Killing Lincoln, written by Bill O’Reilly. This book is not only about the assassination of President Lincoln, but it’s about the end of the Civil War too. O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln has many strengths and weaknesses, overall, it’s a good book.
From Honest Abe to being a father and the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln is known to be one of the greatest presidents in United States history. His forceful leadership and morality guided America through a struggling period marked by social upheaval, disunity, and war. Though burdened by domestic issues and oppressive disputes between the North and South, Lincoln never stopped fighting for methods to keep the Union together. Issues revolving around slavery brought Lincoln to the forefront of this national disagreement. But were his actions truly justifiable?
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Was Falsely Accused Of His Role In Lincoln’s Murder A little after the confederates surrendered at Appomattox, Lincoln went to see a play at Ford’s theater in Washington. D.C. The only security guard left to get a drink at a nearby bar, while he was gone Booth seized his chance and shot Lincoln In the head. Booth then jumped off onto the stage and broke his left ankle in the process and left.
Lincoln hid his true intentions regarding slavery from the border states because their geographic and manufacturing resources were so crucial to winning the war (Kennedy 420). When addressing the public, Lincoln would only say his goal was to preserve the Union because any antislavery declaration would make the border states secede and join the Confederacy (Kennedy 420). Although Lincoln lied about his intentions for the emancipation of slavery, he did so to save the United States and defend the Union (PBS). Even the Southerners recognized that Lincoln’s death was a tragedy because his kindness and fairness would have protected them from the bitter treatment by the North (Kennedy 457). Honesty is an important trait to have in order to
The video "Conspiracy Theories ; The Lincoln Assassination" discussed the three theories that John Wilkes Booth either worked with the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis to kill Lincoln, the leader of the Confederate Secret Service in Montreal, or the Confederate Government. Based on Booth’s motives, diary entries, and plans, he most likely worked by himself to create the elaborate plot to foil the new victory of the Union. In all three theories, Booth was told to kill the president, which would go against his unhealthy form of southern patriotism. In Booth’s last journey entry before he died, he thought he had done nothing wrong and brought justice to the South by saying, “God cannot pardon me if I have done wrong; yet I cannot see any wrong, except in serving a degenerate people. The little, the very little, I left behind to clear my name, the Government will not allow to be printed.
“John” notes that Booth’s family was a renowned acting dynasty at the time of the Civil War. Booth himself was an ardent supporter of slavery with a burning hatred for Abraham Lincoln (Britannica.com). “Assassination,” suggests that Booth’s hatred of Lincoln may have been caused in part Lincoln’s undemocratic practices. The President deemed censorship of speeches and newspapers necessary during the Civil War. Additionally, the President was able to suspend any writ of habeas corpus, which prevented trials from taking place (2009).
He wanted greatness and thought that would lead him to success, which was one of the reasons he failed. John Wilkes Booth did not accomplish his goal because he didn't motivate the South, he didn't keep the Civil War going, and he didn't become known as a Southern hero. To begin with, John Wilkes Booth didn't motivate the South, one of the main goals of his. The South had already given up at the time. The whole point of killing Lincoln was for Southern glory, which he didn't achieve.
Many of America's leaders were assassinated such as John F. Kennedy and MLK. The motives to their assassinations were most from disagreements which is the same motive for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On April 14th 1865, John Wilkes, shot and killed Abraham Lincoln at a play at ford Theatre . John Wilkes Booth was born in Maryland and was born in 1838. He lived in the north during the civil War but but yet he still didn’t agree with Abraham Lincoln.