Wade–Davis Bill

Target entity: Wade–Davis Bill
Context triple: [Henry Winter Davis, notableWork, Wade–Davis Bill]

• A. Reconstruction Acts of 1867
  The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 were a series of U.S. laws that placed the former Confederate states under military rule and set strict conditions for their readmission to the Union, including ratifying the 14th Amendment and guaranteeing Black male suffrage.
• B. Mississippi Plan of 1875
  The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was a coordinated campaign of violence, intimidation, and electoral fraud by white Democrats in Mississippi to overthrow Republican Reconstruction governments and suppress Black political participation.
• C. Tenure of Office Act
  The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
• D. Newlands Resolution
  The Newlands Resolution was the 1898 joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that annexed Hawaii, marking a key moment in American imperial expansion into the Pacific.
• E. Page Act of 1875
  The Page Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law that effectively curtailed immigration from China—especially of women—by targeting and excluding those stereotyped as prostitutes or forced laborers, laying groundwork for later Chinese exclusion policies.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Wade–Davis Bill
Target entity description: The Wade–Davis Bill was a stringent Reconstruction-era proposal by Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress that sought to impose harsh conditions on former Confederate states’ readmission to the Union.

• A. Reconstruction Acts of 1867
  The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 were a series of U.S. laws that placed the former Confederate states under military rule and set strict conditions for their readmission to the Union, including ratifying the 14th Amendment and guaranteeing Black male suffrage.
• B. Mississippi Plan of 1875
  The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was a coordinated campaign of violence, intimidation, and electoral fraud by white Democrats in Mississippi to overthrow Republican Reconstruction governments and suppress Black political participation.
• C. Tenure of Office Act
  The Tenure of Office Act was an 1867 U.S. federal law that restricted the president’s power to remove certain officeholders without Senate approval, and its alleged violation by President Andrew Johnson was central to his impeachment.
• D. Newlands Resolution
  The Newlands Resolution was the 1898 joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that annexed Hawaii, marking a key moment in American imperial expansion into the Pacific.
• E. Page Act of 1875
  The Page Act of 1875 was a U.S. federal law that effectively curtailed immigration from China—especially of women—by targeting and excluding those stereotyped as prostitutes or forced laborers, laying groundwork for later Chinese exclusion policies.
• F. None of above. chosen