Article: The Wade–Davis Reconstruction Bill

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan & the Wade Davis Bill He Vetoed

Article: The Wade–Davis Reconstruction Bill

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The United States House of Representatives presents an article, written by an unknown author, that provides a brief summary of the Wade-Davis Bill--which aimed to reunite the Union with rebellious states after the Civil War, requiring at least 50% of a state's white, male population to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union and the states to grant African Americans the right to vote.

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