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Subject: History/Social Science
Grade Level(s): 8th
California Standards: 8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War. Discuss Abraham Lincoln's presidency and his significant writings and speeches and their relationship to the Declaration of Independence, such as his "House Divided" speech (1858). Developed by: Janet English
Description: On April 14, as President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor from Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning. Booth escaped to Virginia. Eleven days later, cornered in a burning barn, Booth was fatally shot by a Union soldier. Nine other people were involved in the assassination; four were hanged, four imprisoned, and one acquitted.
Pictures
Abraham Lincoln
Ford Theater
Lincoln's Box
Lincoln's Chair
Stable
Funeral Procession
Hanging of Conspirators
Audio
Special Note: Please see Resource Document (below) for more details on each of these pictures.
Pictures
Coffins of Conspirators
Conspirator (#1)
Conspirator (#2)
Conspirator (#3)
Hartranft and Staff
Lewis Payne
Audio
Resource Document
