The __________ required a majority of southern voters in any state to take a loyalty oath affirming their allegiance to the United States before that state was readmitted to the Union.

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The Wade-Davis Bill, proposed in 1864, required a majority of white males in a former Confederate state to swear loyalty to the Union before the state could be readmitted. It was part of the Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction, which was stricter than President Lincoln's approach. Lincoln ultimately pocket-vetoed the bill, preventing it from becoming law.

The __________ Required a Majority of Southern Voters in Any