Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

• A. John Wilkes Booth
• B. Lee Harvey Oswald
• C. James A. Garfield
• D. John Brown

Answer: (A)

This question tests your knowledge of a famous presidential assassination in U.S. history. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor, shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day, making Booth the assassin most associated with ending Lincoln’s presidency. Booth fled but was tracked down and killed. For context, the other individuals are linked to different events: Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy in 1963; James A. Garfield was shot in 1881 and died from complications after the injury; John Brown was an abolitionist known for a 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, not an assassination of Lincoln.

This question tests your knowledge of a famous presidential assassination in U.S. history. John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer and actor, shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day, making Booth the assassin most associated with ending Lincoln’s presidency. Booth fled but was tracked down and killed.

For context, the other individuals are linked to different events: Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy in 1963; James A. Garfield was shot in 1881 and died from complications after the injury; John Brown was an abolitionist known for a 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, not an assassination of Lincoln.