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Section 3 Notetaking Study Guide

Question to Think About As you read Section 3 in your textbook and take notes,
keep this section focus question in mind: What were the effects of Reconstruction?

Use this organizer to record key information from the section. Some information has
been filled in to get you started.

The End of Reconstruction

African Americans’ Rights Freedmen in Poverty

• Southern states passed laws to
prevent African Americans from
voting. These included
• ___________________________
• ___________________________
• grandfather clauses
• Most rural freedmen became
______________________________.
• rented land and paid with
____________________________
• dependent on _______________
and crop prices

• Southern states passed __________ • Opportunities declined for urban

laws, which enforced ______________. African Americans.
• skilled labor jobs closed to African
Americans

Reconstruction’s Conclusion
• Support for Radical Republicans declined.
• Many people called for:
• withdrawal of troops from the South
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• __________________________________________________
• Disputed Election of 1876
• ___________________________ vowed to end Reconstruction
• all troops removed

Industrial Growth in the South

• Investors started or expanded industries to turn ____________________
into ______________.
• The __________ industry came to play an important role in the Southern economy.
• New mills and factories grew up to use the South’s ________, ________,
and ________,

Refer to this page to answer the Chapter Focus Question on page 198.

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