All of the following are true of the Wade-Davis Bill EXCEPT: A. The bill was written by the moderate Republicans in Congress. B.
The bill made it nearly impossible for the Southern states to rejoin the Union. C. The bill contained an iron-clad oath that required that one had never born arms against the United States nor supported the Confederacy. D. The bill was pocket-vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln.
The bill made it nearly impossible for the southern states to rejoin the union.
Wade- Davis bill was the plan proposed by Representative Henry Winter Davis and Senator Benjamin F. Wade in February 1864 for reconstruction programs. According to the bill, half of the males of the union were to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the union. US President Lincoln was in favor of tolerance and speed in reconstruction, so he pocket vetoed it. After the death of Abraham Lincoln, the wade -Davis bill passed and implemented the harsher reconstruction program.
