A + Former Confederate Soldiers could serve in the new state government.
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The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
The Wade Davis Bill was supported by a Republican dominated Congress. The reconstruction plan was designed to allow ex-Confederate states to rejoin the union.
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The Wade-Davis Bill was different then Lincolns plan in that, Lincolns Plan stated that if 10% of a states population would take an oath of loyalty, than the entire state would be re - admitted into the Union, whereas the Wade-Davis Bill stated that 50% of a states population should take an oath of loyalty for the state to be re - admitted.
President Abraham Lincoln's plan did not guarantee African American equality. The Wade-Davis Bill passed by the Radical Republicans demanded guarantees of African American equality. Lincoln killed this bill with a "pocket veto."