Summary Of John Wilkes's Assassination Of Lincoln

John Wilkes, who is the first person to assassinate the president. Wilkes used to be a man who enthusiastically enjoyed be on stage and his was during around Civil War, 1864. When Booth was in Maryland, (also born there) he is an Confederate who sympathize during the war and supported the idea of slavery. When he noticed about Lincoln's election, he believed that Lincoln would try to overthrow the Constitution and destroy South primary source.On November 1864, Lincoln's reelection Booth decide to kidnap the president and send him to Richmond; where Confederate can send Lincoln to jail.Then Booth collaborated with his partners about the plan and bought supplies to be the kidnappers. As time goes by, President Lincoln made a speech about his ideas of reconstructing the nation for the better and bring the end to the Confederate State back to the Union.
In The American Vision Modern Times Textbook, “Lincoln believed slavery to be morally wrong, and he opposed its spread into western territories.” Lincoln wants to show appreciation to the African American by letting being able to vote. After three day of Lincoln’s speech Booth put a commitment to himself that when Lincoln and his wife comes to see the play at the Ford’s Theatre. Also, with the connection to Ulysses S. Grant, hw will be to have the access to the President’s Box. Booth then, move to plan B and not the idea of kidnapping but rather planning to assisant e the president and his administration which are Lincoln the President, General