Why did John Wilkes Booth kill President Abraham Lincoln?
Booth despised Lincoln's policies, especially the abolition of slavery, and killed him out of political hatred.
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John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln because he was a Confederate sympathizer who believed killing Lincoln would revive the Southern cause.
Some say Booth was angry about the South losing the Civil War and blamed Lincoln for it, so he took matters into his own hands.
Honestly, Booth was just a misguided actor who thought killing Lincoln would make him famous and save the Confederacy. WRONG move!
Booth straight up thought he was some kind of hero for the South. Spoiler: he wasn't.
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