What was the goal of the Wade-Davis bill?

The Wade-Davis Bill, introduced in 1864, aimed to establish a stricter process for Southern states to rejoin the Union following the Civil War. It required that a majority of white male citizens in a state take an "ironclad" oath of loyalty, affirming they had never supported the Confederacy. The bill also sought to guarantee civil rights for freed slaves and impose harsher terms on the South than those proposed by President Lincoln's more lenient Reconstruction plan. Ultimately, the bill was pocket-vetoed by Lincoln and never became law.