All of the following are true of the wade-davis bill except: a. the bill was written by the moderate republicans in congress. b. the bill made it nearly impossible for the southern states to rejoin the union. c. the bill contained an iron-clad oath that required that one had never born arms against the united states nor supported the confederacy. d. the bill was pocket-vetoed by president abraham lincoln.

Option B

Explanation:

The bill made it nearly impossible for the southern states to rejoin the union.

Wade- Davis bill was the plan proposed by Representative Henry Winter Davis and Senator Benjamin F. Wade in February 1864 for reconstruction programs. According to the bill, half of the males of the union were to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the union. US President Lincoln was in favor of tolerance and speed in reconstruction, so he pocket vetoed it. After the death of Abraham Lincoln, the wade -Davis bill passed and implemented the harsher reconstruction program.

the california missions began in the late 18th century as an effort to convert native americans to catholicism and expand european territory. there were 21 missions in all, lasting from 1769 until about 1833.   the missions were built by the spanish starting in 1769 in order to “colonize” the territory of alta california. so the missions were important because they were the means of settling california. it also wanted to keep other european countries out of alta california. building settlements along the coast would them meet these goals. missionaries wanted to convert the indians to the roman catholic faith. california indians did much of the work to build missions.