The Wade-Davis Bill
A) denied reentry into the Union by former Confederate states for 10 years.
B) was criticized by Conservative Republicans for being too mild.
C) quickly became the law of the land.
D) sought to bring about the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates.
E) essentially followed President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.

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The Wade-Davis Bill, proposed in 1864, was a plan for Reconstruction that sought to be much harsher on the Southern states than Lincoln's plan. One of its key provisions was the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates, preventing them from voting in elections or holding public office.