They lost their land because they could not get enough money from the farming to pay their mortgages.
President Lincoln was assassinated by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. Booth, who wanted the Confederacy to win the war, shot the president during a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
Spoils System: The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
