Question 1

1.  Why did John Wilkes Booth wake up depressed on April 14, 1865?

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The cause he believed in and dreamed about was dead

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His play had gotten bad reviews in the newspaper

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He didn't get a part in the new play

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His five different girlfriends found out about each other

Question 2

2.A.   Why were the days at the beginning of April the worst of John Wilkes Booth's life?

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A variety of events to celebrate the North winning the war was making him miserable

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Booth had to leave his job in New York and Travel to Washington DC

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All of his friends were spending the money he had been working hard for

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His good looks were starting to fade as he aged.

Question 3

2. B.  Which piece of evidence from the text supports the correct answer for part A?

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celebrated with a grand illumination of the city.  These days had been the worst of Booth's young life (page 10)

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Now, April 14, 1865, Booth assembled enough men to accomplish another mission (page 26)

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Booth knew the layout of Ford's intimately (page 11)

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He was the son of legendary actor (page 10)

Question 4

3. Cause:  John Wilkes Booth had to go to Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865 to get his mail.  What was the effect? (What happened because he went there?)

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He found out Lincoln was coming to a play there.  This gave Booth a chance to plan the assassination.

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He was given a letter that had all of the plans for the assassination in it.

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Booth finds out that he doesn't have a job any more and needs to go to New York to keep working.

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Booth learns that the South has lost the war and he falls into a deep depression.

Question 5

4. What was Booth's back up weapon if the pistol didn't work?

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A Rio Grande camp knife

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A Deringer

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A rifle

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A small knife

Question 6

5. "He would slip into Ford's theater and assassinate the President during the play."  What does the word assassinate mean as it is used in the sentence?

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To murder someone, often a famous or important person

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To inflict punishment on behalf of someone else

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To plan an illegal act

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To put to death

Question 7

6. What did Booth do to make sure no one would follow him into the President's box at the theater?

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He used a bar from a music stand to block the door shut

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He bribed the guard with tickets to plays

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He paid people to guard the door

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He had a key to the room and locked the door

Question 8

7.  Why was a specific part of the play chosen by Booth as the time to shoot Lincoln?

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The loud laughing would cover the sound of the gun

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Everyone would be entertained

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It would be a good part for Booth to escape

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It was the part of the play that Booth had memorized

Question 9

8. Why was William Seward such an easy target for the co-conspirators?

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He was laying helpless in his bed after a carriage accident.

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He lived less than a mile from the White House, which made it easy for Lincoln or any to get to him

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He was a high ranking official in the government

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He had been left home alone with his well educated daughter

Question 10

9.  Why did David Herold abandon Lewis Powell at Secretary Seward' house?

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Things were not going as planned and Fanny Seward was screaming out the window

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Seargeant Robinson scared him away from his post outside

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Booth needed Herold at the Ford Theater to help with his own plan and escape

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Lewis Powell was not following the plan the co-conspirators  had agreed on

Question 11

What does the word "conspirators" mean as it is used in the following sentence?  In late 1864 and 1865, Booth organized his own little band of conspirators, loyal to him and not the Confederacy.

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Some one who acts on a plan together.

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group of 11 southern states during the Civil War

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a divider

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owners

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT a flaw in Powell's plan to assassinate Seward?

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Seward was known for his love of German Shepards.  Powell would have to find a way to distract the dog.

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Powell would have to figure out how to get past the many people in the house.

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Powell would have to find a way to enter the house.  He pretended to be a messenger delivering medicine.

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The house was huge. Powell would have to navigate the size and find Seward's room.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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Powell delivered a mortal wound to Seward's throat.

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Powell's gun misfired, which saved Fredrick Seward's life.

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Augustus Seward played a key role with Sergeant Robinson in saving Seward's life.

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Sergeant Robinson risked his life for Seward.

Question 14

How would you describe Dr. Leale?

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Calm, and in control of the chaotic situation.

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Focused on impressing those around him.

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Resentful that the president took the United States into a Civil War.

Question 15

Which co-conspirator was able to meet up with Booth?

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David Herold

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George Atzerodt

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Lewis Powell

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None of them

Question 16

How did Booth get out of the city when all of the bridges were closed?

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Booth told Cobb he waited to travel that late so he would have the light of the moon.

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Cobb was an old family friend and a Confederate sympathizer, so naturally he would allow Booth to pass.

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Booth had this planned for months.  He had a route that did not involve bridges.

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An accomplice had a boat and a guide waiting for him on the Potomac River.

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