Question

With which statement would John Wilkes Booth have been MOST LIKELY to agree?

A) "President Lincoln's plan to end the Civil War and restore the Union is fair to the southern states."
B) "Missouri should enter the Union as a free state and slavery should be prohibited in the western territories."
C) "After the slaves are emancipated, the federal government should take steps to ensure citizenship rights for the freedmen."
Eliminate
D) "President Lincoln is a traitor and has no Constitutional right to abolish slavery, it should be up to the states to decide such issues."

Answer 1

Answer:

D) "President Lincoln is a traitor and has no Constitutional right to abolish slavery, it should be up to the states to decide such issues."

Explanation:

John Wilkes Booth was an American actor who is now remembered mainly for assassinating President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Booth committed this crime because he disagreed with Lincoln's ideas, as he was a Confederate sympathizer. Booth believed that slavery was not a moral wrong, and that Southern states should be allowed to maintain it. He also believed Lincoln to be bad for the nation.

Answer 2

Answer:

D) "President Lincoln is a traitor and has no Constitutional right to abolish slavery, it should be up to the states to decide such issues."

Explanation: