Wade-Davis Bill

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed post-war_Southern_society
gptkbp:aimsTo reconstruct_the_South
gptkbp:caps due to presidential veto
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
gptkb:Henry_Winter_Davis
Southern_state_governments
gptkbp:emphasizes equal rights
gptkbp:firstIntroduced gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkbp:focusesOn Civil Rights for freedmen
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wade-Davis Bill
gptkbp:includes military_governance_of_Southern_states
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_War
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Lincoln's_Ten_Percent_Plan
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:President_Lincoln
Southern Democrats
Northern Democrats
Southern_state_leaders
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:the_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:the_Senate
Congressional sessions
the context of national unity
the_context_of_post-war_America
gptkbp:isConsidered the_Joint_Committee_on_Reconstruction
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor gptkb:Democratic_Party
its rigidity
its lack of flexibility
gptkbp:isDividedInto address the issues of loyalty and governance
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy its_harsh_terms_for_Southern_states
its_implications_for_Southern_autonomy
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy the abolitionist movement
gptkbp:isIntegratedWith ensure loyalty to the Union
establish new state governments
protect the rights of freed slaves
rebuild_the_Southern_economy
gptkbp:ledTo increased_tensions_between_Congress_and_the_President
gptkbp:opposedBy Moderate_Republicans
gptkbp:relatedTo Reconstruction Era
gptkbp:requires majority of white males to take loyalty oath
gptkbp:resultedIn veto_by_Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance set_the_stage_for_future_Reconstruction_debates
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:wasAffecting subsequent Congresses
a response to the end of the Civil War
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt reforming_Southern_society
gptkbp:wasPartOf the struggle for civil rights
Reconstruction legislation
the political landscape of the 1860s
the political debates of the era.
the_Radical_Reconstruction_plan
the_broader_Reconstruction_strategy
the_legislative_efforts_during_Reconstruction
the_legislative_history_of_Reconstruction
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
abolitionists
African_American_leaders
some_Northern_states
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1864