USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION

[SOURCES]
On what day was Lincoln assassinated?

(A) April 30, 1865

(B) January 10, 1864

(C) ** April 14, 1865

(D) April 4, 1865

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated? The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, took place at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next morning on April 15.

Concept note-2: -The euphoria of Union victory came to a sudden halt on the night of April 14, 1865, when President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre. As the president lay dying in a house across the street from the theater, Senator Charles Sumner appeared at his bedside.

Concept note-3: -Share: New Delhi: April 14, 1865. It was a Friday. A performance of the comedy ‘Our American Cousin’ was on at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Some time after 10 pm, a man entered a private booth at the theatre and shot the person, occupying the booth along with his wife, in the head.

Concept note-4: -Lincoln Shot at Ford’s Theater. Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.