How would passage of the Wade-Davis Bill have slowed the Reconstruction effort?

The Wade-Davis Bill created the Freedmen's Bureau to relocate refugees in the South.

The Wade-Davis Bill granted pardons to former Confederates.

The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.

The Wade-Davis Bill established black codes to limit the rights of African Americans.

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Grayson Delacruz

3 November, 07:13

How would passage of the Wade-Davis Bill have slowed the Reconstruction effort?

The Wade-Davis Bill created the Freedmen's Bureau to relocate refugees in the South.

The Wade-Davis Bill granted pardons to former Confederates.

The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.

The Wade-Davis Bill established black codes to limit the rights of African Americans.

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The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union. Lincoln's plan did not guarantee African American equality. The Wade-Davis Bill passed by the Radical Republicans demanded guarantees of African American equality. Lincoln killed this bill with a "pocket veto."Lincoln's plan did not guarantee African American equality. Only white male citizens who could take an ironclad oath attesting to their past loyalty could serve in state constitutional conventions. High-ranking civil and military officers of the Confederacy were excluded from political rights. State constitutions were required to abolish slavery. State governments were required to repudiate debts incurred during the war.