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

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The Wade-Davis Bill sought to impose much harsher conditions on the Southern states before they could rejoin the Union, including the disenfranchisement of leading Confederates. This was in contrast to Lincoln's more lenient approach.