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Years Image Event Description Keywords
1825   Erie Canal completed   economy
1826   Lowell, Massachusetts incorporated   economy, women's work
1841   Catharine Beecher, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"   women's work
1849   California Gold Rush   economy
1861   Civil War economy boosts Massachusetts manufacturing   economy
1870   First transcontinental train leaves Boston on a 39-day journey across the United States   economy
1870   French-Canadian workers fill Northern N.E. mill towns   labor, economy, immigration
1880   New England fisheries decline   economy, maritime
1890   Fall River surpasses Lowell as largest producer of printed textiles   labor, economy
1912   Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts For photos and original documents provided by the SUNY-Binghamtom, "Women and Social Movements" Web site see, "The 1912 Lawrence Strike: How Did Immigrant Workers Struggle to Achieve an American Standard of Living?" labor, economy
1924   First of New England textile mills moves south   labor, economy
1940   World war II fuels new industries in New England   economy

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