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John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth. Kirstin Fuhrman Kaytee Kaltreider. What you will learn…. Early childhood Career Who was John Wilkes Booth? His plan About Lincoln Lincolns assassination. John Wilkes Booth childhood…. Born May 10 th 1838 and died April 25 th 1865 at age 26

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John Wilkes Booth

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  1. John Wilkes Booth Kirstin Fuhrman Kaytee Kaltreider

  2. What you will learn… • Early childhood • Career • Who was John Wilkes Booth? • His plan • About Lincoln • Lincolns assassination

  3. John Wilkes Booth childhood… • Born May 10th 1838 and died April 25th 1865 at age 26 • He was the 9th child out of 10 • His parents were never married, his mom Mary Ann Holmes was his fathers mistress

  4. John Wilkes Booth’s Career • He was an actor • He joined the Virginia militia company that was assisted in the capture of John Brown • He was know for his acting, and both the Northern and Southern United States

  5. Who was John Wilkes Booth • We all know Booth for being the guy who assassinated Lincoln, but that’s no the only thing he was known for. • He had theatrical potential at a young age, he also was emotionally instable.

  6. His plan… • He was just going to first abduct him one night • But then he decided he would just be better off killing the man so that’s what he did

  7. He got a couple of his friend or workers or something together and they all had one person they were supposed to go for and do something to • Vice President-Andrew Jackson • Secretary of State-William Steward

  8. Abraham Lincoln • Born February 12th 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky • He had 4 children and only 1 lived to reach maturity • Married Mary Todd and prominent slave-owning family from Kentucky

  9. When it came to women Lincoln wasn’t a lucky guy • He lost his wife with the typhoid disease • And he was rejected a couple times

  10. Lincoln’s Assassination • He shot Lincoln in the back of the head with a gun while he was watching a play “Our American Cousin” • He didn’t survive and they were going to sue the medical provider because they thought that he might have pushed the bullet in farther causing him to die

  11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth • http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/booth.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

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