(A) Planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson
(B) Doctor who set Lincoln’s killer leg without asking any questions. Alleged conspirators.
(C) ** Planned to destroy the Northern government and killed Lincoln
(D) Secretary of State
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Concept note-1: -John Wilkes Booth’s Role in the Conspiracy. In the summer of 1864, Booth began formulating plans to kidnap Abraham Lincoln. The plan called for Lincoln to be taken south to Richmond, where he would be held until exchanged for Confederate prisoners-of-war.
Concept note-2: -Who were the two other politicians who were also supposed to be assassinated along with Abraham Lincoln? John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators planned to assassinate not just President Abraham Lincoln but also Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward.
Concept note-3: -Lincoln Myths and Misconceptions Quiz: Answer 12 | Looking for Lincoln | PBS. 12. After shooting Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth leapt from the balcony to the stage of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, breaking his leg in the process, and shouted “Sic Semper Tyrannis!”