Question

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

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:

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:

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.