The Chase
John Booth
Assassination
Conspirators
Random
100
It is the name of the city where the chase for Lincoln's killer began?
What is Washington, DC?
100
It was John Wilkes Booth's job.
What is an actor?
100
It is the name of the theatre where Lincoln was shot?
What is Ford's Theatre?
100
He travelled with Booth during the chase.
Who is David Herold?
100
It's the Latin phrase Booth yelled after he shot the president.
Sic Semper Tyrannis!
200
This group was chasing Booth?
Who were The Union Cavalry?
200
It is the term that describes a person who agreed with the confederates.
What is "confederate sympathizer?"
200

It's the name of the play that Lincoln went to watch,

What is "Our American Cousin?"

200
He attacked Secretary of State Seward at home.
Who is Lewis Powell?
200
He had a carriage accident prior to the attacks.
Who was Seward?
300
It is the name of the Doctor who helped Booth and allowed him to stay at his house?
Who is Dr. Samuel Mudd?
300
This happened to Booth as he escaped the scene of the crime.
What is a broken leg?
300

It is the kind of gun Booth used to shoot the president.

What is a Deringer pistol?

300
The person who denied knowing Lewis Powell while he was impersonating a ditch digger.
Who is Mary Surratt?
300
It's the problem Booth and Harold had when they crossed the Potomac the first time?
What is rowing in the wrong direction?
400

It is the number of days that the chase lasted.

What is 12 days?

400

This is where Booth and Herold slept several nights before crossing the Potomac.

What is a pine thicket?

400
They were with the president at Ford's when he was shot.
Who are Mary Todd Lincoln, Major Rathborne, and his fiancee Clara Harris?
400
He is the conspirator who chickened out of killing vice president Andrew Johnson and later rolled over on all of his co-conspirators.
Who is George Atzerodt?
400

They were killed on July 7, 1865. (4 names)

Who were Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt?

500
It's the location where Booth was shot and killed.
What is the Garrett Farm?
500
This is the man who shot Booth.
Who was Boston Corbett?
500
Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 at this house.
What is the Peterson house?
500
This man immediately took charge and went after the conspirators when Lincoln was shot?
Who is Edwin Stanton?
500
It is the document that freed slaves.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
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