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He didn't affect the Civil War, because Lee had surrendered by the time Booth assassinated Lincoln.

He affected the post-war Reconstruction by letting the Vice-President Andrew Johnson into the top job.

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He is important because he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth is known for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14th, 1865

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