Chasing Lincoln's Killer Chapters 5-7

How was the news of Lincoln's Assassination being spread in Washington DC?

• It was on Fox News

• It was being spread by mouth

• The news was being spread by messenger

• cell phones

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Who took charge of the manhunt?

• Gideon Welles

• Mr. Brown

• Donald Trump

• Edwin Stanton

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How does Booth know Dr.Samuel Mudd?

• They met acting in a play

• They met in the military

• They met in a church

• They met at a Tavern for Confederate Sympathizers

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What did Stanton find in the hotel room?

• The "Sam" letter

• The gun Booth used to shoot Lincoln

• Booth's diary

• a cell phone

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Choose the sentence that best describes the relationship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Mary Jane Welles.

• The two women are close friends because their husbands work in the government.

• The two women throw lots of parties and Booth had shown up at one.

• The two women are close because they helped raise each other's children and both had children who died.

• The two women were close because they went to college together.

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What did Dr. Samuel Mudd tell Booth and Herold they had to do immediately after Mudd found out that Booth shot Lincoln?

• He told them they had to leave his farm

• He told them that they had to turn themselves in for the crime

• He told them they had stay two more nights so he could help them make a better plan for escape plan

• He told them they had to pay him $1000 or he would turn them into the police

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What suspicious thing did George Azerodt do as we was living the hotel?

• He threw a knife under a carriage and into a gutter

• He was sending Booth a text message

• He was looking into the boardinghouse to see if Lincoln was dead and if Booth was successful

• He was seen having a drink with George Azerodt

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What is Black Easter?

• Black Easter is a name given by Southern Confederates to the day that Abraham signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery. People were mourning the end of southern life.

• Easter Sunday in 1865 was called Black Easter because everyone was mourning Lincoln's death.

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Why was Jones the only person who could get Booth and Herold across the Potomac River?

• Jones was the only person willing to help Booth.

• Jones knows the Potomac River better than anyone else.

• Jones owns a boat.

• Jones was very successful during the Civil War being a spy and sending messages without getting caught by Union soldiers.

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What did Jones bring that made Booth very happy?

• Jones brought him the news that Lincoln was dead.

• Jones brought him a painted portrait of Lincoln dying laying on a bed.

• Jones brought Booth a bottle of wine to celebrate Lincoln's assassination.

• Jones brought Booth newspapers and he was hoping to read about his assassination attempt.

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