USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Led by the Radical Republicans in the House and Senate, Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill on July 2, 1864-co-sponsored by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Davis of Maryland-to provide for the admission to representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the Civil War, this bill created a framework for Reconstruction and the re-admittance of the Confederate states to the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first of several bills to define the terms of congressional Reconstruction, it divided former Confederate states other than Tennessee into five military districts and placed them under the command of former Union generals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Wade-Davis Bill required that 50% of all voters in the Confederate states, as opposed to Lincoln’s proposed 10%, must pledge allegiance to the Union before reunification. Along with the loyalty pledge, the Bill would abolish slavery within the rebel states.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bill was formally introduced February 15, 1864 as H.R. 244. The final vote of the house was 73–59.