Question

The Wade-Davis Bill was an unsuccessful bill named after two leading Republican members of Congress unhappy with Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan of Reconstruction. Which of the following were provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill?

Answer 1

Answer:

• The bill required a majority, not 10 percent, of white male southerners to pledge support for the Union before Reconstruction commenced .
• The Bill passed Congress but was dead when Lincoln refused to sign it .
• The Wade-Davis Bill called for equality for blacks before the law.