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Running Head: APPROACHES TO HISTORY        1
APPROACHES TO HISTORY        2
APPROACHES TO HISTORY
(THE ASSASINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN— AN AMERICA’S TRAGIC EVENT)
Table of Contents
1. Description of the Historical Event Selected    3
Significance of this Event    3
Research Questions    3
2. Secondary Sources    3
3. Primary Sources    4
4. Research Questions    5
5. Prospective Audience    6
6. Communicating my Message to the Audience Effectively    7
References    8
1. Description of the Historical Event Selected
    A
aham Lincoln was an American lawyer and political leader who served as the sixteenth president of The United States of America. On April 14, 1865 five days after the Confederate su
ender at Appomattox, which officially ended the Civil War, the president was fatally shot at the Ford’s theater in Washington DC while watching a play with his wife. The assassination was done by John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and a big sympathizer of the Confederate, and he also planned to murder Vice president Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward. However, they both survived (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014).
Significance of this Event
The significance of this event in American history is that this assassination has created a huge impact in the politics of United States. After the post-Civil War of America, a profound implication was found. As the death of A
aham Lincoln takes place, the reconstruction plan of the nation that the president has thought of never happened. If Lincoln would not have killed, then the history of America would have been different. Lincoln would have been able to control the Radical Republicans as this was the purpose that he have thought of, however the death have never have served the purpose that Lincoln have thought for the nation.
Research Questions
a) If the President A
aham Lincoln would not have been murdered that night the how would have the history unfolds?
) If the Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward, both would have been killed then what would have happened?
2. Secondary Sources
Neely, M. E. (1982). The A
aham Lincoln Encyclopedia (Vol. 265) New York: McGraw-Hill
I have chosen the source for Lincoln assassination from the book published by Mark E Neely, whose book named The A
aham Lincoln Encyclopedia (Vol. 265) published in the year 1982 under the publication from New York: McGraw-Hill. The book contained the detailed description how Lincoln was assassinated. How the events were unfold and that resulted in to the tragic death of the sixteenth American president and how the death has resulted into a complete change in the American politics. The book also described the entire life of the Lincoln and what difficulties he faced during his lifetime and from the son of a...