Which of the following best describes the sequence of events following the shooting of president lincoln?
a. lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was shot leaving ford’s theater.
b. lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was arrested that evening.
c. lincoln died the following day, and his assassin was killed several days later.
d. lincoln received immediate medical care, and his assassin was never caught.

The correct answer is:

C. Lincoln died the following day, and his assassin was killed several days later.

Explanation:

President Abraham Lincoln was shot during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre on April 14 by James Wilkes Booth, an actor that frequently acted in that same theatre and that supported the Confederate States, when Booth learned that Lincoln was going to attend the play he organized a plan to murder President Lincoln, Vice-president Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward at the same time but the only attack that came through was the one on President Lincoln, who Booth himself did.

President Lincoln died the next day at 7:22 am and Booth escaped for 12 days, until Thomas Boston Corbett a Union's soldier shot him and killed him.

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