What If Abraham Lincoln Survived his Assassination?

What if Abraham Lincoln had not been assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865? In this alternate history scenario, we explore how the course of American history could have changed dramatically if Lincoln lived to oversee and guide the pivotal Reconstruction era after the Civil War.

At the time of his assassination attempt, Lincoln stood as the preeminent moral leader and influential political figure after achieving victory in the Civil War and securing re-election. With his principled leadership and unmatched prestige, a surviving Lincoln may have been uniquely positioned to reunite and rebuild the divided nation on very different terms than what transpired.
This in-depth video covers the potential impacts on several key areas, including:

How Lincoln could have set strict conditions for re-admitting Southern states while avoiding overly punitive actions
His likely efforts to swiftly pass Constitutional amendments granting full citizenship and voting rights to freed slaves
Economic policies like land redistribution and development programs specifically aimed at empowering Black communities
Lincoln's ability to leverage his reputation and political capital to find a compromise with Congress on Reconstruction

While we can never know for certain, Lincoln's pragmatic yet idealistic governing style stood in stark contrast to the fraught approach of his successor Andrew Johnson. A longer Lincoln presidency avoiding his untimely assassination may have achieved a vastly different, more just, and sustainable Reconstruction for the South and the entire United States.
What are your thoughts on this alternate history premise? Leave a comment with your analysis of how Lincoln's survival could have permanently reshaped America's path. And subscribe for more exploring how pivotal moments could have turned out differently!

[jeremykelly]

Your content is beautiful. Please do a video on “What if MLK had survived his assassination attempt?”

[greggkimball]

At a minimum, Lincoln would have been the undisputed leader of the Republican Party for at least until 1869. Andrew Johnson was a Union Democrat, placed on the 1864 Union/Republican ticket to appeal to border States voters. He had no constituency in nor loyalty to a national Republican Party barely 9 years old.

[Ian]

Wow a whole video made from AI. Impressive

[djgriffin]

If he survived he would have have been a vegetable, just like the current President.

[andeeharry]

Mr Lincoln. Wrestler, President, Werewolf Tamer, Vampire Hunter, Witch Finder Civil rights Champion and Slavery abolisher....hmmm. I am not sure how this would have gone down....I am sure he would have let the south back into the union without too much hassle, reformed the country as a whole and continued a legacy, and mending everything. The scar of civil war would have faded quickly.

[EWall]

If Lincoln survived he would’ve gone John Wick on the remaining confederate loyalists and the term “musket-fu” would’ve become commonplace.

[jameshaxby]

In those days he would have been permenantly comatose of badly brain damaged .

[GentlemanJack]

I doubt little would have changed. The south was dead set against black rights and unless he could have been President for decades then those things talked about in here would have been rolled back.

[theessentials]

He likely would have been killed eventually. Just delayed