Question

All of the following statements concerning the Wade-Davis Bill are true EXCEPT 2 points (A) Lincoln used his pocket veto to defeat it. (B) The bill required a majority of the population of the former Confederate states to take an oath of allegiance. (C) The bill stipulated that Congress would administer the Reconstruction Program. (D) The bill abolished slavery. (E) The bill provided for financial compensation to former slaves.

Answer 1

(E) The bill provided for financial compensation to former slaves.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Wade-Davis Bill expected that half of the state’s white men to take a pledge before admitting to the Union. Also, the Southern states needed to give freed slaves the right to vote and choose the government. Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill, but President Abraham Lincoln did not sign it because it was not his liking and killed it with his pocket veto. Lincoln proceeded to promote tolerance and planed for the reconstruction.