RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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When 10 percent of voters pledged allegiance
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When 50 percent of voters pledged allegiance
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Known as the 10 percent plan, it offered repatriation for Confederate states if 10 percent of eligible voters agreed to an oath of allegiance to the Constitution and the Union and to abide by the emancipation of enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.