The Assassins
This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963
John F. Kennedy
John Wilkes Booth claimed this was his motive for killing Lincoln.
To avenge the South and oppose abolition.
This amendment clarified the presidential line of succession after Kennedy’s assassination.
The 25th Amendment
The man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
This president was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Guiteau believed this would happen after he killed Garfield
He believed he would be rewarded with a government position
This location became a national historic site after Lincoln’s assassination
Ford’s Theatre
This person killed President William McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
He was the second U.S. president to be assassinated
James Garfield
Leon Czolgosz was inspired by this political ideology to assassinate McKinley
Anarchism
The Secret Service began protecting presidents full-time after this assassination.
After the assassination of William McKinley.
He was the assassin of President James Garfield.
Charles Guiteau
This president was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
William McKinley
Lee Harvey Oswald’s motives remain debated, but he was linked to this ideology.
Communism
The Warren Commission was established to investigate this assassination
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
This assassin was captured in a theater after killing Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This president survived an assassination attempt by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.
Gerald Ford
This was the reason Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme gave for attempting to assassinate Gerald Ford.
To bring attention to environmental issues and Charles Manson’s teachings
This assassin was killed by Jack Ruby before standing trial
Lee Harvey Oswald