https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd April 14, 1865 en-us 2016-10-27 13:01:33 UTC 2025-11-13 04:41:04 UTC hello@padlet.com whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133598786 On the night of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the current president of the United States, was attending a play at the Ford's Theatre watching a performance of, "My American Cousin." However, the play didn't go as planned as a result of one shocking event; the assassination of the president.]]> 2016-10-27 13:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133598786 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133599926 John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot President Lincoln. However, Confederate theorists feel Judah Benjamin, the Confederate Secretary of State, was involved in the plot to kill Lincoln instead of J.W.B.]]> 2016-10-27 13:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133599926 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133600845 511 10th St NW, Washington, DC 20004 -- Ford's Theatre]]> 2016-10-27 13:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/133600845 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134363941 This theory among other theory's; Abraham Lincoln was killed as a result of his monetary policies. John Wilkes Booth would be seen as a hired gun. In its simplest terms, the theory is that Lincoln needed money to finance the Civil War. Letters from his wife (Mary Todd Lincoln) and more still couldn't trace back to the murder that was commented. ]]> 2016-10-31 22:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134363941 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134364131 Abraham Lincoln wanted to bring forth a united country. Even throughout the war, all he wanted was to keep the country together. His death meant that the solution for reconstruction was open for someone else to impose--bringing the end to the war.]]> 2016-10-31 22:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134364131 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134364157 The term "break a leg" came from John Wilkes Booth in the duration of his assassination.]]> 2016-10-31 22:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134364157 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134736322 This miniature pistol belonged to Booth, which was used to kill Lincoln.]]> 2016-11-02 12:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134736322 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134737076 Booth and several associates hatched a plan to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond, which at the time was the Confederate capital. However, on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, Lincoln wasn't at the planned spot where Booth and his six fellow associates were. Therefore, Booth decided to simply assassinate Lincoln.]]> 2016-11-02 12:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134737076 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134738155 By murdering the president and two of his possible candidates for president, Booth hoped to throw the U.S. government into chaos.]]> 2016-11-02 12:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134738155 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134741097 2016-11-02 12:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134741097 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134741544 2016-11-02 12:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134741544 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134743064 2016-11-02 12:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134743064 whennebaul https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134744870 2016-11-02 12:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/whennebaul/fw09wqphz3pd/wish/134744870