1. A President Like No Other
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A President Like No Other

3. 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!

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

5. 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

6. John Wilkes Booth

7. 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

13. Sic Temper Tyrannis - “Thus Always to Tyrants!”

14. 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

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

18. July 7, 1865
Conspirators Hung

23. 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…