Killing Lincoln

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Authors of killing Lincoln
Bill o'Reilly & Martin dugard
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What is killing Lincoln about
Assassination of Abe Lincoln
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First part of book focuses on what war
Civil War
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Who assisnated lincoln
John Wilkes booth
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John Wilkes Booth was a famous
Actor
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General in charge of North/Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
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General in charge of south/Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
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Where did General Lee surrender
Appomattax Courthouse
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Where did the assisination take place
The Ford Theater
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What was the civil war fought over
The end of slavery in the south
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Who was the president of the north and 16th president of The United states
Abraham Lincoln
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Who was president of the south during the civil war
Jefferson Davis
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Who are conspirators that help Booth with the assination of Lincoln
Mary Suratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt and David Herold
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Who else was supposed to be assassinated along with Lincoln
Andrew Johnson, Seward, and Ulysses S. Grant
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Was the original plan to kill Lincoln
No, it was to kidnap him until the south won the war
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After the assassination, where did Booth and Herald travel
The Maryland Countryside to Virginia
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Where was Booth and Herald caught
Richard Garretts Farmhouse
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The prologue starts out with
President Lincoln being sworn in as 16th president
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Even though Booth is from the North, he considers himself a
Confederate sympathizer
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Who is Lincoln's wife
Mary Todd Lincoln
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Where is Lincoln standing on in Chapter 1
On the deck of a ship, the USS Malvern watching guns explode in the night
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Lincoln usually can't sleep, therefore he is an
Insomniac
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What date and year does the book start
April 1, 1865
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What place does the book start
City Point, Virginia
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In chapter 2, where does grant and lee faceoff
Petersburg, Virginia
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Who is Booth's lady friend
Lucy Hale
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Did Lincoln ever fight in war
No, he never fought so some say that General lee should have been the hero of the war
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What were the people of Richmond, Va afraid that the Union soldiers would steal from them
Whiskey, so they smashed all their kegs letting potent brew flow into the James river
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What commodity of their own did the confederates burn
Tobacco, burning Richmond down and the everyone thought the north did it
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After the war, who does Lincoln argue with in regards to putting confederate soldiers in office
Secretary of War, Edwin m. Stanton
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Who was Booths 5th Conspirator who backs out
Mike O'Laughlen
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What does Lucy give booth when he leaves Washington, D.C. On April 14, 1865
A portrait of herself
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What play do the lincolns see at the ford theater
"An American Cousin"
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Where is Lincoln shot
In the back of the head
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Who is lincolns bodyguard
Crook
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Who is the music director at fords theater
Withers
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When is the assisination
April 14, 1865
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Who is Robert Powells daughter
Fanny
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Who was considered the worst President in history
Andrew Johnson
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What time does Booth pull the trigger
10
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Who is lincolns son and how old is her
Tad Lincoln, 12 years old
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Is booth shot when found
Yes, booth is killed at the farmhouse
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When does Lincoln takes his last breath
April 15 at 7
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Who examines booths broken leg
Dr. mudd
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Whose the disgraced spy trying to find booth
Lafayette baker, former chief of intelligence
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When does lincolns funeral take place
April 21, 1865 in Washington, D.C., at 7
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How many people attended the funeral
600
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Does lincolns wife, Mary attend the funeral
No, she is too grief stricken
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How many people view the route of lincolns body back to Illinois
30 million
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How old is booth
26 years old
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How are the conspirators punished
Death by hanging
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Often referred to as the most vicious and bloodiest battle of the civil war
Saylors Creek
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One of the sites chosen as a safe haven by booth
Mary Surratts boarding house
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Another one of booths safe havens and site where he was eventually apprehended
Samuel Mudds Farm
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Capital of confederacy
Richmond
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Capital of the union
Washington, D.C.
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Famous hotel where many notable politicians stayed during their time in Washington
Willard Hotel
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Is the book fiction or non fiction
Nonfiction
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What is the tone of the book
Non-partisan