what "reason" did John Wilkes Booth assasinate Pres. Lincoln?

Answer 1

He supported the southern cause. He was a not so well known actor and was looking to become famous so he took drastic measures to be remembered throughout history as a man who helped to save the south.

Answer 2

We often forget that the nation began its division with the election of Lincoln. The hatred that many Americans had for Lincoln was pretty strong. Booth saw his beloved South brought down in ruins at the hands of a man he considered to be a tyrant.

So he killed the tyrant...sic semper tyrannus...

Of course Lincoln's death was to have profoundly ill effects on the reconstruction South. Little did Southerners like Booth understand the affection Lincoln had for all Americans.

How truly tragic...

Answer 3

Lincoln tried to print money contrary to the interests of the Federal Reserve bankers of the time. The FED is above Congress and has never been audited. It is a PRIVATE institution that is neither "federal" nor a "reserve". Billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars go to service the interest "debt" created by the FED. Probably the biggest running scam in human history.

Answer 4

He wished the South should win the war. Realizing they had lost he felt that the only way to react was to kill Lincoln. The world found him wrong.

Answer 5

Cause he hated them tyrants .dem yankes

Answer 6

Slavery was pretty much the reason.