Wade-Davis Bill

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:can_veto gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
on July 8, 1864
gptkbp:declined_in gptkb:President_Lincoln
gptkbp:depicted_in a radical approach to Reconstruction.
too harsh by some politicians
gptkbp:drafted_by gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:first_introduced a counter to Lincoln's policies
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:American_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wade-Davis Bill
gptkbp:included gptkb:Ironclad_Oath
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts_of_1867
gptkbp:introduced_in gptkb:House_of_Representatives
as a response to the Civil War
gptkbp:is_aimed_at Reconstruction
reintegrating Southern states into the Union
rebuild Southern states
reconstructing Southern society
reforming Southern governance
gptkbp:is_compared_to gptkb:Lincoln's_Ten_Percent_Plan
gptkbp:is_considered a failure of Radical Republican strategy
more stringent than Lincoln's plan
gptkbp:is_criticized_for among political factions
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
the context of post-war America
in the House and Senate
gptkbp:is_designed_to punish Confederate leaders
secure rights for freed slaves
gptkbp:is_focused_on Civil rights for freedmen
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Southern_Democrats
conservative factions
Moderate Republicans
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Radical_Republicans
gptkbp:led_to increased tensions between Congress and the President
gptkbp:legislation that sought to redefine citizenship
gptkbp:mandates equal rights for all men
gptkbp:named_after Wade-Davis
gptkbp:passes_through gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:proposed_by gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
1864
gptkbp:requires new state constitutions
majority of white males to take loyalty oath
gptkbp:significance set a precedent for future Reconstruction policies
gptkbp:strategic_goals Senate after veto
gptkbp:was_introduced_during gptkb:the_Civil_War
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
the struggle for civil rights
the political landscape of the 1860s
the debate over Reconstruction policies
the legislative response to the Civil War
gptkbp:was_rejected by a pocket veto
gptkbp:was_supported_by abolitionists
African American leaders
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4