The Reason Why Abraham Lincoln Was Killed!

President Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer. Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. when Booth snuck into the President's box and shot him in the back of the head.

Booth's motive for shooting Lincoln was likely a combination of personal animosity and political ideology. Lincoln had recently won re-election and was seen by many Confederates as a tyrant who was destroying the South. Booth himself was a fierce advocate for Southern independence and saw the assassination of Lincoln as a way to strike a blow against the Union cause. Thank you for watching please subscribe!