jun 23, 1864 - NOLA blacks inspire Wade-Davis Bill
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| WHAT: | required majority (not one-tenth) of white male southerners to pledge support for UNion before reconstruction could begin, and guaranteed blacks equality before the law excluding suffrage. | EFFECT: | passed in congress, but then lincoln vetoed and congress adjourned.
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