During Reconstruction, the Wade-Davis Bill stated that Southern states
could reenter the Union after
(A) they ratifi ed the Fourteenth Amendment
(B) they ratifi ed the Fifteenth Amendment
(C) a third of the voters took loyalty pledges
(D) half of the voters took loyalty pledges
(E) two-thirds of the voters took loyalty pledges
During Reconstruction, the Wade-Davis Bill stated that Southern states could reenter the Union after "(E) two-thirds of the voters took loyalty pledges," since this was drafted by Radical Republicans who wanted to punish the South.
