RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
Question
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The Dobie Theater
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The Ford Theater
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The Dodge Theater
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The Mustang Theater
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ford’s Theatre is best known as the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor. Originally named Ford’s New Theatre, Ford’s was built by Baltimore theater entrepreneur John T. Ford on the site of the First Baptist Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ford’s Athenaeum (later named Ford’s Theatre) opened in 1862 and is now both a theatre and a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. In 1866, the year after Lincoln was shot while attending a performance at the theatre, Congress acquired and converted the theatre building for office use.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.