Wade-Davis+Bill-tm

The Wade-Davis Bill In 1864 was the moderates and radicals having a plan to do Reconstruction that they could both support. The alternative to Lincoln's plan was the Wade-Davis Bill of 1864, which required the majority of the adult white males in a former Confederate state to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. After such, the state could hold a constitutional convention for a new state government. The people chosen to attend the convention had to take an "iron clad" oath asserting that they had never fought against the union or supported the Confederacy in any way. They had 3 things that they had to accomplish.


 * Abolish slavery


 * Reject all debts the state had acquired as part of the Confederacy


 * Deprive all former Confederate government officials and military officers of the right to vote or hold office[[image:http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/Wade%20Davis%20Bill2.jpg]]

Wade-Davis Bill