Why was Abraham Lincoln associated?

Answer 1

Firstly, I am assuming that you mean assassinated, as opposed to associated. The man that shot him (John Wilkes Booth) was from the South, and was part of a group that did not like his views on slavery. Lincoln and most people from the North wanted to abolish slavery, but most people from the South wanted to keep trading slaves. This was the main reason for the civil war, and the reason that Lincoln was shot. Booth was NOT from the south. He was from Maryland. He was however a confederate sympathizer.