How would passage of the Wade-Davis Bill have slowed the Reconstruction effort?

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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 required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.

The Wade-Davis Bill granted pardons to former Confederates.
The Wade-Davis Bill granted pardons to former Confederates.

The Wade-Davis Bill established black codes to limit the rights of African Americans.
The Wade-Davis Bill established black codes to limit the rights of African Americans.

The Wade-Davis Bill created the Freedmen’s Bureau to relocate refugees in the South.

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The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.

This provision would have made it more difficult and time-consuming for former Confederate states to rejoin the Union, thus slowing the Reconstruction effort. The measure was stricter than President Lincoln's approach and would have delayed the reintegration of Southern states into the political framework of the United States.