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
Year the civil war ended
1865
When a famous person 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
This is the number of people killed in the civil war
620,000
When you have the wrong opinion about someone
misjudged
synonym of chaos
confusion
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.
this is why the civil war started
because the south wanted to be their own country
total disorder or confusion
chaos
synonym and antonym of heinous
evil and kind or loving
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.
True or False:
John Wilkes Booth's family did not own any slaves
False
very wicked or evil
heinous
synonym of misjudged
mistaken
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
True or False:
Everyone was happy about slavery ending
False