Republican Party’s results of the transformation of ex-slaves into American Citizens
...n Republicans and developed alliances with white Southern plantation owners. The Republicans began to notice his alliance based on the unfair treatment of the southerners. They were able to get away with everything. The Republicans 2 noticed this unequal treatment and they did not agree with it. They also did not agree with Johnson's plan. Because they did not agree with Johnson's plan of Reconstruction, the Republicans came up with a few ideas of their own. The Black Codes were an aspect of the Reconstruction plan that many of the Republicans did not agree with. The Republicans felt that the Black Codes intended to "restore all of slavery but its name," and the Republicans wished to end slavery all together. By this time Republicans had a three-to-one majority in Congress and they proposed and idea of their own. In 1866, the Republicans produced the Freedman's Bureau Bill, which prolonged the life of the agency established by the previous Congress. The President's veto of this bill gathered even more support for the Republicans. In April of 1866, the Republicans pushed a Civil Rights Bill through Congress and in July they sustained another Freedman's Bureau Act. The Northern Republicans tried their best to make things easier for the ex-slaves. Despite having the right to vote and be treated like citizens, the blacks were still looked down upon. Because the Republicans supported the 3 citizenship of the slaves, many people began to vote for and support the Democrats. This was...