If John Wilks Boooth never shot Abraham Lincoln what would the world be like?  

This is very much a hypothetical question.There are infinite possibilities of what could have happened if what had happened had not happened.But one thing is sure,we may not have discussed this post in mylot today had that incident have not had happened.

Great question.Knowing Abe's passion to keep the union together, I think reconstruction would have been eased into place but it would n'yt have taken 100 years for African Americans in the south to have the right to vote freely.

Considering the fact that there were other assassinations planned for that time they may have had a back up plan. If he had not been killed I think that reconstruction would have been slower with many political fights along the way. You had three groups:
1. One group wanted to punish the South and make them second class citizens. This group is often blamed for the assassination.
2. There was the group that wanted the Union restored and all forgiven.
3. Then there was still the States Rights Groups that wanted to keep the Civil War Going.

His death took the wind out of the 1st and 3rd groups and as often happens when a leader is killed the opposition pulls together and works to find a middle ground.