How might a Northerner react to the actions of John Wilkes Booth? *
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A. “Lincoln believed in a peaceful reconciliation between North and South, Booth believed the opposite.”
B. “He is a hero, no one else would lead an African-American regiment until he volunteered to do so.”
C. “Booth should have been killed for leading the Confederate Army in rebellion against the Union.”
D. “No person had enough guts to carry out the total war tactic in his ‘March to the Sea’. There is not another military leader like him.”

A.  “Lincoln believed in a peaceful reconciliation between North and South, Booth believed the opposite."

Explanation:

John Wilkes Booth was known for being a massive supporter of slavery.

When Lincoln , proposed to abolish slavery, southern states started to threaten to secede from the Union. Lincoln tried to prevent this by offering several economic incentives, but it couldn't change the southern's secession.

John Wilkes Booth on the other hand,  openly praised southern states' action in public. Calling the leaders of the southern states who initiated the secession as 'Heroic'.  

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