How many times did Booth shoot President Lincoln?
Once
Twice
Thrice
Four times
Answer
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln once in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, had been planning to assassinate Lincoln for months. He hid in Theater's presidential box and shot Lincoln at close range as the president watched a performance of Our American Cousin. Lincoln died the next morning.
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