A President Like No Other ABRAHAM LINCOLN A President Like No Other

The President After losing two races for the Senate, Abraham Lincoln wins the Presidency in 1860 He won 180 out of 183 electoral votes from the FREE STATES - He wasn’t even on most of the ballots in the South!

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION The boldest step ever taken to free the slaves, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863

ASSASSINATION Lincoln was elated as the Civil War came to an end, but not everyone was happy Southern sympathizer and successful actor, John Wilkes Booth was determined to take action against the President

John Wilkes Booth

TRAGEDY STRIKES When his first plan to kidnap the President failed, his plan turned into an assassination plot Learning of Lincoln’s plan to attend the theater on the night of April 14, 1865, Booth put his plan into action He waited for the exact right moment and shot Lincoln in the back of the head with his single shot .44 caliber Derringer

Sic Temper Tyrannis - “Thus Always to Tyrants!”

JUSTICE The search for John Wilkes Booth was one of the largest manhunts in history, with 10,000 federal troops, detectives and police tracking down the assassin He was killed for his crime, but his actions changed the course of American history

Boston Corbett - Shot and killed John Wilkes Booth “The Rebel is dead. The Patriot Lives.”

July 7, 1865 Conspirators Hung

HISTORY CHANGED Lincoln’s plan for a kind reunification of the nation and the implementation of racial equality was derailed! The nation was deeply wounded and what could have been was never to be…