Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a .44 Derringer that is stored in the Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a small part in the larger plan to weaken the Union so that the Confederacy may have a last hurrah. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was an extremely destructive and led to the North to have a deep hatred towards the South. The assassination attempt on Lincoln, the Vice President, and his Secretary of State was deeply destructive to the Union. To understand the results of this assassination, one must understand the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the larger plan to weaken the North, and what happened to the other conspirators with John Wilkes Booth. Firstly, the assassination of Abraham …show more content…
The larger plan to weaken the North was almost accomplished. John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln wasn’t the only assassination that was planned. The Vice President and The Secretary of State and possibly General Grant were planned to be assassinated. The Vice President was going to be assassinated, but the assassin actually drank himself drunk, so he decided not to kill him. The attack on the Secretary of State was almost successful. The assassin tried to stab him and did many times in the breast and throat. The Secretary of State was saved by his eldest son and he was also stabbed. The assassin then fled the scene and later caught and hanged. The plan to kill Grant is debated all the time. Some say there was an attempt others say there was no attempt. The plan was to allow the South to have one last hurrah and to try to secede from the North once again, but it …show more content…
John Wilkes Booth was killed by a Union soldier on the Garrett Farm. He hid in a barn which was burned down to find him and he was shot in the back of the neck by a Union soldier. George Azterodt was the assassin that was supposed to kill Andrew Johnson, but lost his nerve. He was killed by hanging in July 1865. Lewis Powell was the assassin that was hired to kill the Secretary of State, William Seward. He entered the Seward home and injured him and his son as well as a bodyguard. He was later captured and hung in July 1865. A lesser known conspirator was Mary Surratt. She owned a boarding house in Washington were the conspirators met and planned the assassinations. She was hung and was the first woman executed in U.S. history. In my opinion, I believe that the punishments that the conspirators received was just and fair. The punishment was execution by hanging, The hanging was just for what they did to the U.S. and what they attempted. They were treated as traitors and terrorists, which they deserved. I believe that terrorists should be put in jail if they are domestic. If they are foreign we should use the rules that are set by their country of origin. In conclusion, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a small part in the larger plan to weaken the Union so that the Confederacy may have a last hurrah. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was an extremely destructive and led to the North to have
President Lincoln’s assassination shocked the country. Some people felt sorrow about his assassination. On night of April,1865 president Lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. Two people who related was thomas jones and dr.mudd.Two people who had strong reactions to president lincoln’s death were dr.mudd and elizabeth keckly.
Lincoln’s main goal for his presidency was to unify the Union after the Civil War had torn the North and the South apart. In Lincoln’s “Second Inaugural Address” he says, “While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war...” (Lincoln 68). When Lincoln was elected for his first term, he wanted to unify the Union even before the war had
On April 14, Lincoln held a Cabinet congregation to talk over post-war reconstructing exhaustively. President Lincoln wanted to have southern state governments in operation prior to Congress met in December in order to keep away from the oppression of the vengeful Radical Republicans. That same night, during the time that Lincoln was watching a play at Ford’s Theatre, a fanatical Southern actor, John Wilkes Booth, crept up at the back Lincoln and shot him in the head. Lincoln died the following day, leaving the South with little wish for a non-revengeful Reconstruction.
President Lincoln was thinking of taking a risky step to seal victory. At this point in time he came to the realization that he needed to move in a different direction. The strategic goal to restore the Union was not a good enough reason to keep the Northern states interested and behind the war.
Surratt and the other conspirators were convicted of being involved with John Wilkes Booth’s intricate plot to dissolve the Union government by killing President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward. George Atzerodt was the conspirator that was tasked to kill Johnson, but he had second thoughts and got drunk at a tavern instead. Lewis Powell was supposed to kill Seward, but Powell failed and Seward was able to survive Powell’s attack on his life. Surratt was believed by many to be the epicenter around in which the whole conspiracy evolved. Many believed this because her boardinghouse was used as a meeting headquarters for the conspirators, including Booth and she had a personal relationship with Booth as well. After a month long trial and only two days of deliberation, all four conspirators were charged with collaborating to assassinate the President of the United States and were sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead for their crime. Throughout the whole trial process, Mary Surratt was the most hated woman in the country and there was little disbelief in Americans’ minds that she played a certain role in the assassination plot. For the almost 150 years since her execution, though, public opinion of her has been somewhat
John Wilkes Booth was the murderer of the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. With the nation divided and the Confederacy falling apart, Booth murdered Washington in hope that the confederavy would have a second chance. John Wilkes Booth did not accomplish his goal because was caught and was not help the confederacy change the course of the war. Firstly, John Wilkes Booth was later caught and killed.
First, the Civil War, then Lincoln’s death is key events in history. Lincoln’s assassination was known to ruin American forever. Lincoln was one of the best presidents America ever had. He served the Union during the Civil War, led the Emancipation Proclamation, leading to the end of slavery. Therefore, this subject is a dominant factor in American history. It is an essential topic for people to read about, because it is important to know about the positive impact Lincoln took over, and how upsetting his assassination was.
One shot fired and the whole country becomes paralyzed. April 14, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth and became paralyzed after the shot. At the time Lincoln was sitting with his wife in the presidential box at the theatre when the shot rang out hitting Lincoln in the side of his head. The unjust assassination of President Lincoln being shot in the head caused distress leading to delayed plans of reconstruction, all of which was caused by the belief of one confederate sympathizer.
Lincoln was assassinated five days after the south surrendered so he didn't get to put his plan to get the south integrated back into the union into place. plan was to the get the south back into the union as fast and painless as possible. But when lincoln was killed Andrew Johnson filled in as president and tried to carry out Lincoln's plan, but the people of the north thought he was a south sympathiser because he was originally from the south.
The conflict of the Civil War tore the United States apart. John Wilkes Booth was a member of the Confederacy. He believed that slavery was necessary to the economy. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth crept into the balcony of Ford’s Theatre and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. John Wilkes Booth, actor, murderer, and confederate spokesperson, is linked to the downfall of the South.
Lincoln viewed Reconstruction as part of the larger effort to win the war and abolish slavery. He wanted to weaken the Confederacy by creating new state governments that could win broad support from southern white people. With Lincoln’s vision, he wanted things to be over quickly he didn’t want it to be dragged out and a long process. Lincoln’s plan angered the Radical Republicans (who advocated not only equal rights for the freedman but also a tougher stance toward the white South). Lincoln biggest fear was that if they asked for 50 percent instead of the 10 percent that it would continue the war making it longer and costlier for the United States. Unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14th, 1865. At the time of his assassination, Lincoln’s reconstruction policy remained unsettled and
Roughly six weeks before he is to be assassinated at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln understood that in order to reunite America he could not glorify the North while simultaneously denigrating the South, as that would bring about harm and alienation to a recovery in which his aim was "to bind up the nation's wounds" (Dolbeare, pg. 277). With determination to reconstruct the devastated South and usher in a new chapter in America's history, the President succeeded when it came to not discerning between his beliefs, and those of the secessionists.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He was elected into presidency on November 6, 1860. Many of the southern states were unsupportive of Lincoln becoming president because he had run on an anti-slavery platform. Lincoln being elected into presidency caused states such as South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas to split from the Union. In his inaugural address Lincoln proclaimed it was his duty to maintain the Union; a month later the Civil War began. Although Lincoln did many great things for our country, his vital role in the Civil War is what most likely lead to his assassination.
Assassination Paper Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. He was shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth, well-known actor. 16th President of the United States, Lincoln was shot at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Wilkes’ original plan was to kidnap him, but the day of Abraham never showed up. Was Lincoln’s assassin justified or unjustified? Lincoln's murder was proven to be unjustified; reasons include, killing someone in any manner is not acceptable, especially a president, Abraham Lincoln freed all slave states, so racism kicked into his assassination.
Abraham Lincoln is known as the sixteenth president of the United States. A self-taught lawyer by trade who was born in a one room cabin in Kentucky, he came from meek beginnings. Mr. Lincoln was only known to have a few years of formal schooling he had to work to help support his family. He moved to the capital of Illinois and practiced as a lawyer. This is where he earned his nick name of Honest Abe. He was known to help the common man. He met and married a woman named Mary Todd. They had four sons. One of which passed away with Typhoid fever. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s theater on April 14, 1865 and died the very from a gunshot to the head. He never lived to see the Union win the war with the plans he helped devise. He next day is known in history for his moving speeches. Two of the main speeches are the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Both of these are remembered today as turning points in history. Honest Abe was not only our president but a leader in that he felt like he needed to protect our constitution and the rights it afforded us but also protect the Union. He was a level headed man in a time of war and conflict. He was elected to office when the Union was in a state of unrest due to the issue of slavery. Several states succeeded when he was elected to office. This set up a series of events that lead to the beginning of the civil war. The steps that he took forever changed the history of the United States.