Which of the following required 50 percent of southern voters to take an oath of loyalty to the Union before the southern states could regain their status as states?

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The Wade-Davis Bill, proposed in 1864, required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union. This was part of the Reconstruction era efforts to address how Southern states could be reintegrated after the Civil War.

Which of the Following Required 50 Percent of Southern Voters