You have been assigned to become Reporter #2.

Job Description: You will be researching the later years of Lincoln’s life. You will be concentrating on his views on slavery, the role he played in the Civil War, Lincoln‘s assassination (John Wilkes Booth) and the role Dr. Samuel Mudd played in Lincoln’s death. The editor has listed several questions that he would like answered-- but please don’t feel limited to just answering these specific questions. If you come across any interesting facts while conducting your research (in your assigned areas of research), please feel free to add them into your notes.

Think of this handout like a reporter’s notepad. Jot down the answers to the questions and any additional notes you may want to add.

Website Link: Lincoln's Biography

(1) Lincoln became President on what date?

(2) A majority of Lincoln’s presidency focused on what issue?

(3) During the Civil War, what was one of Lincoln’s greatest difficulties?

(4) On January 1, 1863, what famous speech did Lincoln deliver?

(5) This famous speech lead to the creation of what Amendment?

(6) What year was Lincoln re-elected as President?

(7) By the Spring of 1865, which side had won the Civil War? (Hint: Union or Confederates)

Website Link: Lincoln's Timeline

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBSITE AND READ THE TIMELINE.

(8) What date did the Civil War begin? Why did this war begin?

(9) When did Lincoln give the Gettysburg address?

(10) When was Nevada admitted into the Union?

(11) What day did the Confederate General Lee surrender at Appomattox?

(12) What date was Lincoln assassinated?

Website Link: Lincoln-- Freethinker, Soldier & Martyr

JOSEPH LEWIS GAVE A RADIO ADDRESS ON LINCOLN ON FEB. 24, 1957 AND DISCUSSED SOME OF LINCOLN’S CONTROVERSIES. PLEASE READ THE ADDRESS AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

(13) Lincoln wrote a book against the inspiration of the __________.

(14) What religion did Lincoln practice?

(15) What was the controversial historical fact about the Emancipation Proclamation?

Website Link: John Wilkes Booth Biography

(16) What was the occupation of John Wilkes Booth?

(17) What side of the Civil War did Booth support?

(18) According to this website, when did Booth meet Dr. Samuel Mudd for the first time?

(19) What was Booth and Wilkes’s original plan to do with Lincoln?

(20) By capturing Lincoln, what did they expect to happen?

(21) How many days after General Lee’s surrender, did Booth assassinate Lincoln?

(22) Where did Lincoln get assassinated?

Website Link: Dr. Samuel Mudd's Biography

(23) According to this website, how was Dr. Samuel Mudd directly involved with John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Lincoln?

(24) Historical records indicate that Booth and Mudd had met at least three times before Lincoln’s assassination. But to the contrary, when does Mudd say he met Booth?

(25) What was Dr. Samuel Mudd charged with by the U.S. government?

(26) What was Mudd’s sentence? How many votes was he away from the death penalty?

(27) Which U.S. President released Dr. Mudd early from his life sentence?