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After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth

A. was immediately captured.B.escaped capture.C.became an abolitionist. D.escaped to the North.

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A. was immediately captured
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After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth D.escaped to the North.

Step-by-step explanation:

John W. Booth was part of a conspiracy to kill President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson and Secretary of State Seward in Washington. 12 days after successfully completing his part of the plot and assassinating Lincoln, Booth arrived at a farm in northern Virginia, where he was tracked down and shot.

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