c) Strict Confederate reentry conditions

In 1864, President Lincoln vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill, which proposed strict Confederate reentry conditions, differing from his more lenient Reconstruction plan. The bill required a majority of white males in a Confederate state to swear allegiance to the Union and demanded stronger guarantees for emancipation than Lincoln’s plan. It represented the Radical Republicans’ approach to Reconstruction, advocating for a more punitive and stringent process for Southern states’ readmission to the Union.