2007-05-22 17:11:15 · 6 answers · asked by djtot00 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Because John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer, albeit while being an actor in Washington during the war.
2007-05-22 17:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the same reason as the other presidents were killed..
Messing with the money printers..
Lincoln printed green backs.
Garfield was shot a few days after saying something about them..
Kennedy wanted to mess em up too..
You could buy the history book version but I can't
2007-05-23 00:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by Exordium 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Wilkes Booth wanted to take over the government from the ***** sympathizers. He got Lincoln, but was too high on life to get Seward (the Secretary of State) or Johnson (VP). Johnson ended up screwing himself. Too bad Mr. Booth wasn't around to see that.
2007-05-23 00:27:01 · answer #3 · answered by sdcashman 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because John WIlkes Booth was Craaaaaaazy!!!
And because he thought he was doing a favor for all the angry southerners who had just lost the war.
His last word were, "Tell Mother I died for my country!"
2007-05-23 00:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by Kammy the Wise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause somebody thought he should have been running the country instead of watching a movie....I don't know. Anti-government whackos have always existed. Maybe he wanted fame, maybe he didn't like that the slaves were freed.
2007-05-23 00:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by SW1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was much too tall.
2007-05-23 00:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋