Question

question 7 of 10
what was john wilkes booth responsible for doing?

a. leading the radical republicans in congress

b. making a plan for southern states after the civil war

c. killing president lincoln

d. starting the freedmens bureau

Explanation:

John Wilkes Booth was an actor and a Confederate sympathizer. He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in 1865. Option A: Leading Radical Republicans was not done by him. Option B: Post - Civil War plans for Southern states were not his work. Option D: The Freedmen's Bureau was established by the U.S. government, not by Booth.

Answer:

C. Killing President Lincoln