PART A: How does the collection of multiple accounts of the night of President Lincoln’s assassination contribute to the central idea of the article?

PART B: Which TWO quotations from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

PART A: What does the word “accomplice” mean as it is used in paragraph 12?

PART B: Which clue from the text best supports the answer for Part A?

Using evidence from the text, how do you expect the newspaper’s readers to have responded to the news of Lincoln’s assassination? Why?

Article is Commonlit's "Assassination the President"
This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. As you read, identify the overall mood and tone of the report, and what this suggests about Lincoln’s popularity in the northern United States.

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