History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0002 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Wade-Davis Bill
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The idea
Benjamin Wade and Henry Winter Davis introduced a stricter plan in February eighteen sixty-four, and Congress passed it that July.
In practice
A majority of a state's voters and officials, not ten percent, taking the Ironclad Oath.
Where people slip
The oath swore they had never supported the Confederacy. Refusers were barred from southern political life. Lincoln killed the bill with a pocket veto.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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