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Who did John Wilkes Booth assassinate?

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • George Washington

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • Andrew Jackson

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John Wilkes Booth was an American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was a Confederate sympathizer and opposed Lincoln's policies during the American Civil War. He believed that Lincoln's death would help the Confederacy win the war. Booth's assassination of Lincoln was one of the most significant events in American history.
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