Select the correct answer. How did the Congressional Reconstruction plan, the Wade-Davis Bill, differ from President Abraham Lin
coln’s plan? A. It required 50 percent of a Southern state’s registered voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union. B. It granted amnesty to all Southerners, including higher level Confederate leaders. C. It called for the Union to immediately take control of agricultural lands in the South. D. It allowed former Confederate officials to participate in government activities. Reset Next
Answer: In the spring of 1865, the Civil War came to an end, leaving over 620,000 dead and a devastating path of destruction throughout the south. The North now faced the task of reconstructing the ravaged and indignant Confederate states. There were many important questions that needed to be answered as the nation faced the challenges of peace:
