Lincoln Supporters
This president wanted to reunite the country after the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This actor planned the plot against Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This war was ending during the events of the book.
What is the Civil War?
Booth used this job title to move through Ford’s Theatre without raising suspicion.
What is an actor?
This word means someone who secretly works with others to commit a crime.
What is conspirator?
This Union general was invited to attend the play with Lincoln but declined.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This boardinghouse owner allowed conspirators to meet at her tavern.
Who is Mary Surratt?
This event brought huge celebrations to Washington, D.C., just days before Lincoln was assassinated.
What is the Union victory in the Civil War?
This stage actor helped Booth escape from Ford’s Theatre by holding his horse outside.
Who is Ned Spangler?
This text structure organizes events in the order they happened.
What is chronological order?
This major supported Lincoln and organized the search for Booth after the assassination.
Who is Major Henry Rathbone?
This conspirator was supposed to attack Vice President Andrew Johnson.
Who is George Atzerodt?
This Confederate general surrendered to Grant in April 1865.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This doctor set Booth’s broken leg during his escape through Maryland.
Who is Dr. Samuel Mudd?
This word describes a person who supports or agrees with a cause, group, or side.
What is sympathizer?
This doctor rushed into the presidential box to help Lincoln after he was shot.
Who is Dr. Charles Leale?
This young conspirator helped Booth escape after the assassination.
Who is David Herold?
This house across from Ford’s Theatre became the place where Lincoln died the morning after he was shot.
What is the Petersen House?
Booth used this route through the South to avoid being captured after the assassination.
What is the escape route through Maryland and Virginia?
This word means to thicken or clot together, especially referring to blood.
What is coagulate?
This cabinet member organized the manhunt for Booth after Lincoln’s assassination.
Who is Edwin Stanton?
This co-conspirator attacked Secretary of State William Seward the same night Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Lewis Powell?
The assassination happened only days after this major Civil War event.
What is the surrender at Appomattox Court House?
Booth hoped to reach this Southern state because he believed people there would protect him.
What is Virginia?
This adjective describes something related to the beginning of an important position, such as a president taking office.
What is inaugural?