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Lincoln's Assassination Research Paper

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Lincoln’s assassination was a very important part in history. His presidency was impactful to society; he was a key factor for the unification of the Confederacy and the Union, and he ended slavery for once and for all. The assassination of this wise, noble man marked a day of dread to the people of America. It will take a close assessment of this murder, the men behind it all, and the reason to fully comprehend its significance. Lincoln was killed April 15, 1865. He was attending the Peterson Theater with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth came from behind him at the theater, and shot him in the head as soon as he was given the cue of the funniest line of the play: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh?

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