why
2006-09-07 08:55:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
b/c john wilkes booth wanted the south to secede from the union and lincoln fought to stop it so lincoln was going against booth's ideals.
2006-09-07 08:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by loretta 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi,,, actually, John WIlkes Booth, and his group of confederates, had originally planned to kidnap President Lincoln. This almost came to happen, because the president went on a certain walk daily,,, Some how,, Lincoln did not go on the walk the day of the kidnapping....
So, the group , had almost given up, and planned on attacking Sen Seward and Vice President Johnson..
Booth just happen to be at Ford's theater that fateful morning and found out that President Lincon was going to attend the play Our American Cousin....
The rest is history......
Good luck
2006-09-07 09:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by eejonesaux 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abe Lincoln began a Federal Government of Force. The seceding States had every lawful right to secede (and still do) but Lincoln invaded the south and overthrew them in order to keep the Union together. That is why Booth shouted "sic semper tyrannis" (thus always to tyranny) after he shot Lincoln.
Interesting note; Many modern history books now claim Booth shouted "Long live the South", apparently to hide any implication that Lincloln was a tyrant. Public education (indoctrination) in action!
2006-09-07 09:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by Paladin 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I could tell you but it is quite invloved. There was a conspiracy to kidnap him (his friends thought) and the Vice president and the secretary of war (whose name I forgot). The idea was to get them in exchange for ending the civil war.
Only Booth at the time intended to kill anyone. His conspirators didn't really know he was going to kill ther president. He was "out" there and a fanatic about the loss of the confederacy.
Great book is the "history of the the assination of Lincoln and the conspiracy of 1865". It was written by a priest who lived as a border in the home of the Booth family.
Vidal Gore's fiction account("Lincoln") is informative because he gives alot of historical background, though it is fiction.
2006-09-07 09:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer. When the South lost the war he saw a window of opportunity to strike back at the President who defeated the South. Would you call such a person passionate or disturbed?
2006-09-07 09:01:47 · answer #5 · answered by Steve P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get "The Civil War" by Ken Burns on either DVD or VHS. You will know everything you want to know about it. Some people study this conflict all their adult lives. It's a fascinating subject. There are many books written about every aspect of this war. You will never run out of thought on it. Get thee to a library and start reading.
2006-09-07 09:07:54 · answer #6 · answered by christopher s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln was not for slavery. John Booth (his killer) supported the south and slavery, so if he killed Lincoln he thought slavery would still exist.
2006-09-07 08:59:31 · answer #7 · answered by give me something to believe. ♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically, a Southern sympathizer snapped due to the North's victory in the Civil War.
2006-09-07 08:57:43 · answer #8 · answered by rorgg 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
revenge for the south losing booth yelled ''sic semper tyranis'' ''the south is avenged ''as he ran across the stage escaping, the first line mean ''thus unto tyrants'' in latin its what brutus also said to ceaser when he whacked him also the south had no legal right to secede and they fired the first shot and got what was commin to em in the end
2006-09-07 11:08:43 · answer #9 · answered by Dan B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was for freedom of slaves, the confederates didn't like it and had him taken out. Alot easier to do back then than it is today.
2006-09-07 09:25:09 · answer #10 · answered by [ V ] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋