Encyclopedia > Wade-Davis Bill

Article Content

Wade Davis Bill

Redirected from Wade-Davis Bill

The Wade Davis Bill of 1864 would have allowed seceded states to reenter the union after the United States Civil War if a majority of white citizens took an oath of allegiance to the United States and the state submitted an acceptable constitution. President Abraham Lincoln killed the bill by Pocket Veto.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Quackery

... wrongs of the past, they don't call themselves quacks, they can change their name to whatever is trendy at the time, e.g. herbalist. They also promote the distrust of ...