Trivia: What government organization did Lincoln create hours before his death?
Coast Guard
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Environmental Protection Agency
The correct answer is Secret Service
So why is this answer correct? : On the advice of Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch, Lincoln established the Secret Service mere hours before his assassination on April 14, 1865. But the timing isn’t quite as ironic as it may seem: The Secret Service’s original mission was not to protect the President, but rather to stop rampant counterfeiting.