What was Booth's motive for killing Lincoln?
He believed he was helping the Confederate cause
Personal hatred for Lincoln
Lincoln owed him money
They were rival actors
Answer
John Wilkes Booth believed that by killing Lincoln, he would be helping the Confederate cause. He thought that Lincoln was a tyrant who was destroying the South, and he hoped that his death would lead to the end of the war and the restoration of the Confederacy. Booth's assassination of Lincoln was a major turning point in the Civil War, and it helped to seal the Union's victory.
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