Abraham Lincoln
Achievements
Liberal values or conservative?
Paper money - big government- not backed by gold but instead faith in the government
First income tax - higher taxes by higher
Abolition- civil rights vs property rights, workers rights vs corporate greed
States rights vs government sovereignty
First environmental protection act for Yosemite Grant Act
Modern national bank system- centralized government bank
Believed to be one of the least religious presidents
John Wilks Booth
John Wilks Booth was a famous stage actor in DC. He was also a southern sympathizer and hated Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln had watched Booth perform at Ford's theater in DC. Booth also got invited to political events such as Lincoln's second inaugural speech. Despite this, there's no evidence they met personally.
Did Lincoln predict his own death?
About ten days ago, I retired very late. I had been up waiting for important dispatches from the front. I could not have been long in bed when I fell into a slumber, for I was weary. I soon began to dream. There seemed to be a death-like stillness about me. Then I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and wandered downstairs. There the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible. I went from room to room; no living person was in sight, but the same mournful sounds of distress met me as I passed along. I saw light in all the rooms; every object was familiar to me; but where were all the people who were grieving as if their hearts would break? I was puzzled and alarmed. What could be the meaning of all this? Determined to find the cause of a state of things so mysterious and so shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the East Room, which I entered. There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. 'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'The President,' was his answer; 'he was killed by an assassin.' Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd, which woke me from my dream. I slept no more that night; and although it was only a dream, I have been strangely annoyed by it ever since."
Other explanations? Popular rumor? Justified fear?
John wilkes booth was a famous actor. He had been present at the execution of John brown. Lincoln had seen John wilkes booth perform in the theater.
Lincoln actually signed legislation to create the secret service on the day he was shot.
O captain, my captain
https://youtu.be/wMuZ50QMG-w
About ten days ago, I retired very late. I had been up waiting for important dispatches from the front. I could not have been long in bed when I fell into a slumber, for I was weary. I soon began to dream. There seemed to be a death-like stillness about me. Then I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and wandered downstairs. There the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible. I went from room to room; no living person was in sight, but the same mournful sounds of distress met me as I passed along. I saw light in all the rooms; every object was familiar to me; but where were all the people who were grieving as if their hearts would break? I was puzzled and alarmed. What could be the meaning of all this? Determined to find the cause of a state of things so mysterious and so shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the East Room, which I entered. There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. 'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'The President,' was his answer; 'he was killed by an assassin.' Then came a loud burst of grief from the crowd, which woke me from my dream. I slept no more that night; and although it was only a dream, I have been strangely annoyed by it ever since."
Other explanations? Popular rumor? Justified fear?
John wilkes booth was a famous actor. He had been present at the execution of John brown. Lincoln had seen John wilkes booth perform in the theater.
Lincoln actually signed legislation to create the secret service on the day he was shot.
O captain, my captain
https://youtu.be/wMuZ50QMG-w
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