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True or False: Believe it or not The first picture is of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). He became the ...
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True or False:
Believe it or not
The first picture is of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). He became the 16th president of the United States in 1861, just 14 years after he was first elected to the House of Representatives.
On Friday, April 14, 1865, he and his wife planned to go to see a play at Ford's Theater. His secretary, named Kennedy, advised him not to go, but he went anyway and was shot in the head as he watched the play. He died the next day, and Vice-president Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) became President.
The man who shot Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, shot him in a theatre. He escaped to a warehouse, but was shot, or killed himself, before being captured.
The second picture on the right is of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963). He became the 35th president of the United States in 1961, just 14 years after he was elected to the House of Representatives.
In November 1963, he and his wife planned to go to Dallas. His secretary, named Lincoln, advised him not to go, but he went anyway, and was shot in the head on Friday, November 22, 1963, as he drove through Dallas in a Ford Lincoln Continental. He died almost immediately, and Vice-president Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973) became President.
The man who probably shot Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, shot him from a warehouse and escaped to a theatre. He died before he came to trial.
1.Both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the head at a theatre.
2.Neither of them took his secretary's advice.
3.John Wilkes Booth who shot Kennedy died before being captured.
4.President Kennedy died at the age of 46.
5.Lee Harvey Oswald killed himself before he came to the trial.
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