Why was lincolns death important?

Answer 1

It extinguished the mood of reconciliation which followed the news of Appomattox, and caused a wave of bitterness in the North against the South in general and the Confederate leadership in particular, who were assumed, incorrectly but understandably, to be behind it. An ironic beneficiary of this was Jefferson Davis, whose resulting imprisonment in Fortress Monroe turned him into a "martyr" and put him above criticism even for those Southerners who regarded him as an incompetent leader. It also transferred the Presidency to Andrew Johnson, a maladroit politician who soon got into bitter quarrels with Congress, which in turn led to the imposition of military rule in the South, and a foredoomed attempt to rebuild Southern society as a colour-blind democracy. The results were as bloody a failure as might have been predicted.

Answer 2

Lincoln was the first US president to ever be assassinated. It put an emphasis on the importance of protecting the president. It also through the nation into even more turmoil after the Civil War has recently ended.

Answer 3

The significance of President Lincoln's assassination cannot be overstated. It had a profound affect on the reconstruction on the Southern States that were part of the Confederacy.

It was made clear in Lincoln's second inaugural address in March of 1865 that he believed the entire nation was responsible for the Civil War. He also reminded the nation that the slavery issue was not an 1820 or 1850 Missouri Compromise issue. He (including himself ) had been tolerant of slavery since the beginning of the Republic.

With the said, it's clear to many if not most of American historians that Lincoln favored a "healing process" in bringing back the rebel States into the Union. Not the severe radical republican method that in so many words was a revengeful peace.

Without the power of a most intelligent and compassionate head of state such as Lincoln was, there was no substitute for his own guidance & courage to contain the radical republicans from foolish measures that would wound an open sore even more.

Even after his 2nd term would have been over, he would have been there as leader of the Republican Party & set it on a better course than it went without him.

Answer 4

It was the death of a very important U.S. president regarding issues with the Civil War. The Civil War had very mixed emotions.

Answer 5

It was the first assassination of a US President; it showed protection of the President is a job not to be taken lightly

Answer 6

It was the first time that a U. S. President was assassinated.