Why was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

There have been many theories. British bankers were against his protectionist policies. Some people in Britain believed that British Free Trade, Industrial Monopoly and human slavery travelled together. Lincoln's policies after the Civil War would have destroyed Jewish commodity speculations. After the war Lincoln planned a mild reconstruction policy which would enable a resumption of agricultural production. The bankers however were betting the other way on high prices plus a tough reconstruction policy towards the south. Lincoln was seen as a threat to the established order of things. Undoubtedly his greatest trangression stemmed from his reaction to the need for money to pay for the war in 186l. When he approached the Secretary of the Treasury, Solomon P. Chase, he was offered loans at 24 to 36 per cent interest, which Lincoln refused. He called on his friend, Colonel Dick Taylor, to help him figure out how to finance the war. Dick replied: "Get Congress to pass a Bill authorising ...  more

By assanating Lincoln John Wilkes Booth hoped to start another war between the North and the South. He supposily had help with the assanation but that's not proven.  more

Many jews fought on both sides, as did hispanics, blacks, and indians. Many immigrants also fought on both sides. I have strong feelings about this and could go on forever so I'll be brief. The Confederacy had a legal right to secede and did so based on economics, a foreign govt oppressing them, and threats of that govt to do harm. The South repeatedly gave the North a chance to avoid war but the North pressed the issue and started that war. The North invaded the South. It was not a Civil War. A civil war is a war between rival factions in the same country. The Confederacy was legally a separate country from the North.... hence The War for Southern Indep. Slavery did not become an issue until Lincoln needed some "excuse" to motivate his side. There was alot of slavery in the North as well, and even General Grant kept his slaves after the Emac Proc, while Robert E. Lee, for example, gave his freedom before that proc. was made. Lincoln was shot because he had it coming.  more