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Content:
Introduction
Chapter I: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Chapter II: Assassination of J.F.Kennedy
Chapter III: Conspiracy Theories
Chapter IV: Similarities between the assassinations
Chapter V: Did you know?
Conclusion
Bibliography

Introduction
Assassination attempts and plots
Successful attempts
Abraham Lincoln
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Chapter I
Abraham Lincoln was shot onApril 14 1865 (Good

Friday)
He was the first American president to be

assassinated
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln anticipated his assassination

Chapter II
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot

Friday,November 22,1963

Kennedy was assassinated byLee Harvey Oswald

It was the fourth successful assassination of an

American President

Chapter III
Lincoln: In 1886 an ex-priest by the name

ofCharles Chiniquy wrote a book titledFifty Years

in the Church of Romewhich portrayed the
assassination of Lincoln as a Catholic grand
conspiracy

Kennedy: The so-called umbrella man who fired

a dart with a paralyzing agent from the umbrella

Chapter IV
They were both shot on Friday
They were both directly concerned with Civil

Rights
They were both shot in the back of their head

in the presence of their wives

Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater and

Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln made by Ford

Chapter IV
Both assassins were killed before being

brought to trial
Lincolns successor was born in 1808 and

Kennedys successor in 1909

Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and

Kennedy in 1960

Chapter V
About Lincolns assassination:
o John Wilkes Booth broke his leg
o Lincolns only bodyguard was not at his post

when the president was shot

o Although he was shot in the head at point

blank range, Lincoln did not die immediately

Chapter V
About Kennedys assassination:
o Lee Harvey Oswald was actually arrested for

fatally shooting a police officer

o Killing or attempting to harm a president wasn't a

federal offense until 1965, two years after

Kennedy's death.

Conclusion
Today, the positions and actions that made
Kennedy and Lincoln controversial in their own
times are chief among the reasons why they are so
beloved. Lincolns vision of a singular United States
is a cornerstone of modern patriotism. Slavery is
universally reviled and Honest Abe is revered for
ending it.

Bibliography
www.wikipedia.org
http://www.goodreads.com
http://truecrime.io9.com
http://www.abovetopsecret.com
A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the

Conspiracy Of 1865 (Hardcover)

byLouis J. Weichmann
http://www.history.com
www.cnn.com
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

(Hardcover)
byVincent Bugliosi