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because it stared the civil war. the war was fought over if his remains should be cremated or buried.
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Who was a friend of the South and assassination victim?
McKinleyPresident Abraham Lincoln.
How did Lincoln's assassination affect the South during the Reconstruction?
it stopped everything
After the war why didn't Lincoln implement his plans for reunifying the nations?
The primary reason was that he was dead. His assassination is considered a blow to the South that delayed the reunification. Many atrocities were committed in the south by the winning north.
What event started rumors that Abraham Lincoln was a target for assassination?
Rumors of President Lincoln being a target for assassination started before he was ever sworn into office. The succession of the South started these rumors.
How did John Wilkes Booth's assassination of president Lincoln result in tragic unintended consequences for the south?
Booth thought he was doing the South a favor by killing Lincoln, but he was only increasing the South's woes.
Did the civil war end with the assassination of abaraham Lincoln?
No. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 6 days after Lee surrendered to Grant. John Wilkes Booth had the far fetched notion that if Lincoln and Vice-President Johnson were both executed, somehow the South could continue at war with the North.
How did Lincoln's assassination set in motion Radical Reconstruction?
Many hoped to punish the South for Booth's crime.
What was president lincons reconstruction policy designed to do?
reunite the south with the north quickly
Why did Abraham Lincoln have the civil war?
The north (Abe lincoln) fought with the south over the right to have slaves. the south wanted slavery. the north won.
What is the connection between Lincoln's assassination and the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a southern sympathizer and actor:John Wilkes Booth. If the south conspired with Booth to kill Lincoln,the reason could be the confederate loss,thusforth linking the result of the civil war to the assassination of our 16th president .
What ideas or beliefs were involved in Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
Booth felt that the South still had an opportunity to win the war if the leaders of the Union were taken out. He considered Lincoln to be a Tyrant and that the "South would rise again".
Who was the south's answer to the North's Lincoln?
Robert e. Lee
