James L. Swanson Chasing Lincoln’s Killer 2009 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer is a book about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a past United States of America president. The introduction of the book is how John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s killer, and his accomplices, made a plan to kidnap the American president, but their plan failed. So, John Wilkes Booth and his little gang decide to kill the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State in one night. John Wilkes Booth would kill the president at Ford’s theater, His accomplice George Atzerodt would kill the Vice President at the Vice President’s hotel room. Lewis Powell and David Herold would kill the Secretary of State.
Miss.Dean Page1 Chloe. Freniere 7th grade ela 3/24.23 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Chasing Lincoln's Killer is a novel authorized by James L. Swanson. This book was published in February 2009. Chasing LIncoln's killer is about a man named John Wilkes Booth who killed the president of the United States of America. He killed him because he held that belief, and it was the motive behind his plot to murder Abraham LIncoln.
Five days after the Confederacy’s surrender, John Wilkes Booth had successfully killed one of the most influential presidents in American history to do what he believed would redeem power to the southern states. Booth’s main goal was to tear down the Union’s government by taking down their leader and his successors, but the original plan did not involve the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Historian Christopher Hammer explained in his article "Booth's Reason for Assassination", the former actor had created a group of co conspirators and designed "a ploy on March 17 to capture Lincoln as he traveled in his carriage [and had] collapsed when the president changed his itinerary—and several of Booth’s conspirators ultimately left the group.” (Teaching History). Since the failed capture of the president, Booth hatred towards Lincoln grew after hearing the president’s goal to officially abolish slavery in his Second Presidential
Bo Maiellaro Dr. Hasty 9th LIT 2B Assassination Paper Many people know about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. What day it was on, where he was, and who he was with. But did you know that the main suspect for the murder, Lee Harvey Oswald, was also assassinated two days after the killing of John F. Kennedy.
on March 14, 1865. Booth’s family was full of well known actors of this time period including Booth himself. This meant that he was quite familiar with Ford’s Theater making the assassination that much easier for him. Booth’s new and improved plan was to take out the Secretary of State, President, and Vice President, the three most powerful and needed men of the south. Booth had many other conspirators behind the scenes of the the master plan.
So what exactly happened on the night of Lincoln’s death, and what caused booth and his accomplices to pull the trigger? After Lincoln’s reelection in November, 1864 Booth began plotting against him due to Lincoln being anti-slavery and starting war against the South. In the beginning he only wanted to kidnap Lincoln and hold him for Richmond (confederate capital) and exchange him for confederate prisoners, but once General Robert E. Lee surrendered sent Booth on a rampage and so he decided to devise a more drastic plan. (History.com) on the night of April 14th Booth and three of his conspirators met at a boarding house- Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt and unveiled his plot.
The assassination of Lincoln was a devastating event in American history; it was also the first presidential assassination in United States’ history. It led to a lot of change that affects us even today; this change includes how the president’s security is handled.. The event itself occurred in Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, around a week after Robert E. Lee Surrendered to the Union ending a long and bloody civil war. At this time there was a lot of animosity towards northerners and blacks coming from the South. Many Confederate sympathizers, including Lincoln’s assassin, were outraged after Lincoln gave a speech pertaining to Reconstruction a few days after the end of the Civil War because he wanted to increase the amount of rights that
O’Reilly introduces John Wilkes Booth as the mastermind behind the President Lincoln assassination. John Wilkes Booth was a well-known popular stage actor from Maryland. He starred in many different shows that people, such as the president, would attend. After the Civil War the Union supporters from the North celebrated day and night. The people were excited that they had won the war, except John Wilkes Booth.
On April 14,1865, a man named John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. While he was he was watching Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. However, in his original plan assassination was never involved. Despite the fact that he was a successful actor, he was a confederate sympathizer during the Civil War. He had conspired to kidnap Lincoln and hide him until all Confederate prisoners were released.
Some of the inaccuracies include her children, John Wilkes Booth’s death, and the lawyers involved. The Conspirator is accurate with the main plot of the story. President Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre (Ferguson 154). Booth was an actor at the theater and knew the play, entitled Our American Cousin, so well that he chose the height of audience laughter to shoot (Ferguson 165).
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth who supported the Confederacy even though they lost the American Civil war to the Union. Booth murdered Lincoln while he was watching a play at Ford’s Theatre. The murder was similar because there were apparently several co-conspiritors who helped Booth plan the assassination. Both of
Lincoln’s assassination was part of a larger conspiracy to assassinate that involved more than just Lincoln, but it also involved Secretary of State William Seward and Andrew Johnson himself. These assassinations were to take place on the night of April 14, 1865. John Wilkes Booth successfully assassinated Lincoln while he was at Ford’s Theater and William Seward barely survived his wounds after being viciously stabbed several times by Lewis Powell. The assassination of Andrew Johnson turned out to be a complete failure. Johnson’s would-be assassin, George Atzerodt, could not gather the courage to murder him.
On April 15, 1865, Americans awoke to some of the most devastating news in years. President Abraham Lincoln, the person who was to unite the country after a terrible, civil war, had been assassinated the night before. Throughout the country, American flags flew at half mast everywhere. The United States mourned the loss of a great leader. April 14, 1865 started off as a regular day for The President.
Many of America's leaders were assassinated such as John F. Kennedy and MLK. The motives to their assassinations were most from disagreements which is the same motive for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On April 14th 1865, John Wilkes, shot and killed Abraham Lincoln at a play at ford Theatre . John Wilkes Booth was born in Maryland and was born in 1838. He lived in the north during the civil War but but yet he still didn’t agree with Abraham Lincoln.
As Booth began his bold escape, the fate of Abraham Lincoln was unknown. According to “Abraham,” Charles Leale heard the pistol fire and Mary’s scream, so the twenty-three year old doctor sprinted towards the wounded President . When Leale reached Lincoln, the young doctor saw the physical condition of the President. “He found the president slumped in his chair, paralyzed and struggling to breath” (History.com). “Assassination” states that the doctor reacted quickly by ripping the President’s shirt open for a physical examination, but Leale could not find the bullet wound.
