Abraham Lincoln's Assassination Sparknotes

First things first, several pieces of evidence provide information about Abraham Lincoln’s death that point to the idea the assassins premeditated. The text shows that on page 8) that John Wilkes Booth wants to kill the president, “What an easy matter would it be to kill the president as he stands there he could be shot down from the crowd she whispered and no one would be able to tell who fired the shot”. This shows that John Wilkes Booth premeditated on killing Abraham Lincoln. As a second example, throughout this novel, James Swanson continues to explore ways that John Wilkes Booth plotted to kill the president. Another example is the fact that Booth (on page 11,12) John Wilkes Booth said I have about 8 hours to kill the president if his plan was accurate. This relates to having a

Booth wanted to explain why he was killed. He opened his small date book. In hurried, cramped writing, he began his letter to history. He explained some of the reasons he had assassinated Lincoln. He longed for the South as it deplored the Union. He gave details about how he had committed the act. To relate, he left evidence behind to prove he killed the president. This proves he pre-planned to kill the president. Last but not least, the novel continues to share information that points to the fact that Lincoln's assassination was preplanned. In the informational text, the author, James Swanson notes on page 23 that John Wilkes Booth organized his little band of conspirators loyal to him and not the confederacy. He recruited a gang of conspirators Lewis Power, David Herold, John Harrison Surratt, and George Atzerodt, as well as Samuel Arnold, and Micheal O laughlen. To relate this to now, he picked loyal friends to help him kill the president. This text shows that John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators pre-planned or you can say premeditated killing the president. Therefore, this shows that John Wilkes Booth premeditated the killing of Abraham Lincoln