What did booth believe would result from the lincoln's assassination


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What did Booth believe would result from the Lincoln’s assassination? the Republicans would lose power the US government would be destroyed the nation would deeply mourn enslaved labor would be reinstated

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b. The US government would be destroyed

Explanation:

  • Abraham Lincoln was murdered on 14th April 1865, during the performance of the play Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theater,Washington DC,  by renowned stage actor John Wilkes Booth.
  • Around the conclusion of the American Civil War the assassination was part of a massive plot to restore the Confederate cause by eliminating the top three US government leaders.
  • Booth hoped the killings would cause some instability in the Union so that the Confederate government could reorganize and continue with the war if one Confederate army remained or, if it did, avenge the loss of the South.
  • With this murder, Booth hoped to create chaos and overthrow the Union government.

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