Question

What was the goal of the plot to assassinate leaders of the United States?

A.To aid a takeover of the federal government by the Confederate military
B.To get revenge for the killing of the Confederate president
C.To allow the South to continue to fight the war
D.To allow Radical Republicans to take power

Answer 1

to allow the south to continue to fight the war

Answer 2

A.To aid a takeover of the federal government by the Confederate military


The Confederates wanted to win, and with the assassination of the head of the Unions, they hoped to weaken them military, politically, and morally

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