USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

LINCOLNS ASSASSINATION

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why did Booth and his group kill president Lincoln?

(A) ** to get revenge for the civil war

(B) they were mad about a lack of healthcare

(C) Booth didn’t believe the civil war was over

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Occurring near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln’s assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the federal government.