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Murderers, Victims and the Quest for Power
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Complete the following chart about different assassinations in world history. On the other side, choose at least four (4) additional example of an assassination which occurred during the twentieth century and complete the chart. *For extra credit, you may then prepare a booklet using computer and construction paper about all of the different assassinations. Each page should contain a picture of the victim, information regarding the death (who, why, when, where,how, etc.). The booklet must be neat, organized and creative. Information should be typed and have few to no spelling errors.
VictimAssassin(s)ProblemGoalResult
Julius Caesar (44B.C.) RomeBrutus, Cassius, andothersCaesar was becomingtoo popular. SomeRomans feared hewould become atyrant.To remove the political threat of Caesar becomingKing.Civil war – at theend, OctaviusAugustus became notking, but emperor.Thomas A. Beckett(1170 A.D.) EnglandKnights of KingHenry IIBecket, asArchbishop of Canterbury, defendedthe right of the popeto appoint bishops inEngland and therebyopposed the policiesof Henry IITo eliminate theopposition and tocontrol the power of the Church.Storm of protesthalted Henry’sattempts to controlChurch privileges.The shrine of St.Thomas a Becket became one of themost famous inChristendom. Abraham Lincoln(1865 A.D.) U.S.A.John Wilkes BoothLincoln freed theslaves and tried tohold the Uniontogether To restore theconditions and wayof life of theantebellum South.Reconstruction policyof his successor washurtful to the South.Francis Ferdinant,Archduke of Austira(1914 A.D.)Group of SerbianConspiratorsHe faced the questionof nationality and of restructuring hisempire. Serbiadisagreed with hisideas.To clarify territorial boundaries.This was theimmediate cause of World War I.Gandhi Inida (1948)Editor of an extremistweekly paper This Indian religiousleader stood for paceand brotherhood,especially betweenMuslims and Hindusin India and Pakistan.To eliminate thesymbol of unityGandhi became amartyr and tensions between the Muslimsand Hindus did lessen – for awhile.
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