Question

Explain why Lincoln’s assassination put the future of the nation in question.

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln was a president that had the best for the country in his sights and when he died the people of the world didn't quite know what they were gonna do with themselves

Answer 2

The assassination of Lincoln was a blow to America. It inflamed the Republicans against the South, specially because they were already angry because of the Civil War and all the lives that been lost because of it. Four Southern states it encouraged them to fight against what Lincoln stood for, because he was dead and his VP Andrew Johnson was not as strong as Lincoln.