How Did Abraham Lincoln Assassination

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination caused national grief, mourning, and chaos in a still divided nation. His death left a void in leadership, leaving those left behind to the task of reconstruction. A fatal act carried out by John Wilkes Booth, in an attempt to restructure the Confederacy, forever changed history. It divided the North and South even further, before eventually bringing them back together. The assassination put an uneducated, former slave owner in the White House as President. And, it also led to the sentencing of death; and eventual hanging of Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt on circumstantial evidence.
Abraham Lincoln’s reelection on November 1864, spurred John Wilkes Booth to recruit a team and plot to kidnap President Lincoln.
He may not have succeeded in reconstructing the South, but with the loss of leadership, he made it that much more difficult for an already divided Nation to restore itself. Andrew Johnson was sworn in as our Nation’s 17th President after the passing of President Lincoln. He had no college education, a former slave owner, and Southern he had no plans to grant equality to blacks or take up where President Lincoln had left off. The first eight months of President Johnson’s term Congress was in recess, thus allowing President Johnson to allow former Confederates to be elected into office. The Southern states quickly put into effect “Black Codes”, basically maintaining slavery. When Congress came back into session they were not happy with what President Johnson had done in his short time as President. In what is known as the “Reconstruction Years” Congress was trying to unify the Nation. They passed The Civil Rights Act of 1866 along with the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside…” All of which was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, however, Congress overrode his veto. All the Southern States except Tennessee refused to acknowledge the Amendment. Congress then passed the Reconstruction Act which stated that until a state revised their own State constitutions to include the Amendment and uphold it that they would not be allowed to participate in Congress. The 14th Amendment and the Reconstruction Act led to violence and killings. In 1870, the 15th Amendment and another Civil Rights Act were passed. The 15th Amendment stating “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race,