Vocabulary
Given up
Surrendered
An antonym of surrendered.
Fight
The date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
April 14th, 1865.
Why JWB shot Lincoln
He freed the slaves
A famous person that is killed
Assassinated
killed
He killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Why the audience was laughing in Ford's Theatre
They were watching a funny show
John Wilkes Booth's job in the theatre.
Actor
Why people were in a good mood at the Ford's Theatre
The civil war finally was over 5 days earlier.
Where John Wilkes Booth hid after he short Lincoln
A barn
Why people were weeping in the streets.
They were upset at Lincoln's death.
The last words of John Wilkes Booth
"I die for my country!"
Why JWB and his friends wanted to cause chaos
They wanted the South to rise again