The Assassination of President Lincoln

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This paper introduces the topic of the assassination of President Lincoln. Specifically, it discusses how the assassination happened, what it meant to the country, and some of the mystery still surrounding the events that happened. It looks at the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865, how President Lincoln died several hours after the attack, and how actor John Wilkes Booth was arrested and found guilty of killing the President. It also examines how there are many mysteries still surrounding the assassination, and there are still many questions about it that have never been answered.

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"After Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson took over the office of the President, and his actions seem to be very different from what Lincoln might have done as the Civil War ended and a kind of peace returned to the nation. Johnson did not agree with the Congressional plan for peace, and bringing the country back together, and so, he and the Congress were constantly at war, and could not agree how to handle the South after the war (Nash 155). This disagreement gave the South room to rebel, and so they did not obey to the Civil Rights Act of 1866, that at first gave freedom to slaves. So, Congress created the 14th Amendment, which freed the slaves by the Constitution, but the southern states all refused to ratify this amendment (except for Tennessee), and so Congress created the 15th Amendment, which was much more strict."

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