Ford's Theatre
The assassin that killed Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Booth was famous before the assassination for this profession.
What is an actor?
Booth did not act alone; several people assisted him in planning and carrying out the attack.
What are co-conspirators?
Lincoln died the morning after the assassination on this date.
What is April 15th, 1865?
This war ended days before Lincoln’s assassination.
What is the Civil War?
Lincoln attended this genre of play in Ford Theatre after war ended.
What is a comedy?
Booth strongly supported this side during the Civil War.
What was the Confederacy?
This woman helped Booth by providing weapons and supplies.
Who was Mary Surratt
This man became the president after Lincolns death.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Lincoln was assassinated only days after this Confederate general surrendered and ended the war.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
Lincoln was shot on this day.
What was April 14, 1865?
Booth believed Lincoln was wrong for supporting this policy.
What was the abolition of slavery?
This Secretary of State was attacked the same night as Lincoln.
Who was William H. Seward?
Booth was killed in this Virginia location.
What is a military tribunal?
Lincoln established this declaration in 1863, which effectively made the war totally about slavery.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
After shooting Lincoln, Booth shouted this Latin phrase while escaping the stage.
What is “Sic semper tyrannis”?
Booth originally planned this crime instead of assassination.
What was the kidnapping of Abraham Lincoln?
Co-conspirator George Atzerodt tried to assassinate this Vice President also.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This punishment was given to the conspirators.
What was execution by hanging?
This amendment, supported by lincoln ended slavery in the US and made him an enemy to half the nation.
What was the 13th Amendment?
The play Lincoln was watching at Ford’s Theatre was called this.
What is Our American Cousin?
After assassinating Lincoln, booth escaped by jumping off the balcony and broke this bone.
What was his leg?
This was the original goal of Booth’s group before Lincoln died.
What is kidnap lincoln and exchanging him for Confederate prisoners in March of 1865?
The conspirators were tried by the government instead of civilian courts because the nation was still under this condition.
What was being under wartime authority during the Civil War?
This major movement occurred after Lincoln’s assassination and changed the US.
What was the reconstruction?