USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -enslaved labor. Which group would not be allowed to vote or hold elective office under the provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill? Why did the Radical Republicans want to ensure African Americans had the right to vote? Freedmen counted towards congressional seats, giving Southern states more power.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill would also have abolished slavery, but it required that 50 percent of a state’s White males take a loyalty oath to the United States (and swear they had never assisted the Confederacy) to be readmitted to the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The vote was 18 in favor, 14 against. In favor, were senators Henry B. Anthony (R), Zachariah Chandler (R), Daniel Clark (R), John Conness (R), Solomon Foot (R), James Harlan (R), Ira Harris (R), Timothy O.