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Congressional Reconstruction emphasized forgiveness and unity, required a 50% loyalty oath, and led to the passing of black codes in reconstructed Southern areas.
Congressional Reconstruction called for forgiveness and unity, required 50% of state voters to take a loyalty oath, and called for issuing pardons to most ex-Confederate leaders. Lincoln pocket vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill to prevent it from becoming a law. Areas of the South reconstructed under Lincoln and Johnson began passing black codes due to differing ideologies on reconstruction.