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

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The Wade-Davis Bill called for the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates as part of its stringent requirements for Southern states' readmission to the Union, contrasting with Lincoln's more lenient approach.