Ashley Wilkes

An Analysis Over the Assassination of Abe Lincoln “Four score and seven years ago...” Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president and had his life taken after the North’s victory over the South; he lives on through these famous words of the Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln was an important leader in the Civil War who helped free the slaves; his legacy lives on today. Although he was assassinated his words and actions are imprinted in our memory still today. This assassination was a major event in

grew taller and more of a president. The day had come for the Election Day; and Abraham Lincoln was running for president. He was elected and went forth as a great president. Some of the actions Abe made many people angry. One person is known as John Wilkes Booth. He made him so angry; he had the attentions of assassinating him. Day had come to when Abe was shot. The time period was very happy and joy full because the war had ended. A week later, Abe was assassinated. The environment in the north was

Abraham Lincoln was the first United States president ever to be assassinated while in office. He was president during the Civil War and had many people that did not like him. John Wilkes Booth was one of those people and was the man responsible for the Presidents death. The following is about Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Booth’s plan for Lincoln, the President’s assassination, Booth’s capture and how it affected history. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky

Chapter One The best assassins aren't the famous ones. John Wilkes Booth was a ham and a showboat who earned that bullet in the burning barn. Lee Harvey Oswald may or may not have killed JFK but he was an idiot when it came to keeping himself alive and free. Don’t get me started on that head case John Hinkley Jr., who couldn’t do the job right after getting within a few feet of his target. The best are those whose names you don't know. You probably wouldn’t want to know them if you were an average

wound he inflicted the night before. Lincoln survived nine hours after his assassination took place making him the first President to get assassinated in the United States of America. By well-known actor also affiliated with The Confederate Party John Wilkes Booth. His death came six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox, ending the American Civil War. Booth, who despite his Confederate sympathies resided in the north, while his initially plot was to capture President

his thoughts were before, during and after the shooting of President Lincoln. It is a book that mainly focuses on John Wilkes Booth , the killer, and his plans and how it panned out. John Wilkes Booth was an actor and lived a wealthy life, he was someone who was considered very handsome by many and someone with fine clothes. His tactics per se were not well planned out. John Wilkes Booth had tried to kidnap President Lincoln before, but he failed to do so he planned on bringing Lincoln to the South

man named John Wilkes Booth. Specifically, John Wilkes Booth was an American play actor and a big sympathiser for the Confederacy. Booth was well known for his hatred towards the President and his crazy ideas and motives, which lead to the killing of Lincoln. Many conspiracies and theories today believed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was handled by John Wilkes alone, but other conspiracies believed that he did work with other conspirators. Personally, I believe that John Wilkes Booth idea of

Leaders, Achievers, Courage are only a few words that describe Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Abraham Lincoln and what they achieved. Frederick Douglass was a very courageous man and leader because he stood up for what was right and he escaped slavery, For Example in the text it says “ The more I read , the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers”. What that sentence means is that he was reading a book about a slave and his master and the more he read the more he wanted to enslave

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

The Lincoln Assassination is the most important assassination out of all the four presidents who have been assassinated. John Wilkes Booth grew up on a farm. His dad, Brutus Booth, was a famous actor at the time, as was his brother. When John Wilkes Booth grew up, he decided to become an actor along with his family. Booth was furious when the North beat the South in the Civil War and he blamed this all on one man: Lincoln. Booth had an original plan to capture Lincoln, but he failed to be at