Lincoln s assassination changed the relationship between the American people and their president. No longer would a president walk among the people unafraid and unprotected, and the evolution of security continues today as the president is the most guarded and protected person in America. It is appropriate for middle school and high school. The Lincoln assassination was the first presidential murder in American history. Discuss the influence of the Civil War on the violent act of the assassination.
Slavery is the largest blight on American history.
Abraham Lincoln was sneaked into Washington, DC, on the eve of his inauguration. Discuss the meaning of the writ of habeas corpus and how Lincoln suspended it during the war. Discuss the differences in presidential security in the 1860s and today. Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Many of Lincoln s friends and advisors feared for the president s life and urged him to take precautions for his safety, but Lincoln refused.