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region harbored fugitive slaves,
and abolition societies flourished in TOP 10 REFORMERS AND
both black and white communities. REVOLUTIONARIES
New Englanders volunteered in
overwhelming numbers to fight for
the Union in the Civil War (1861–5),
which decimated many rural areas.
1865–1900: The Gilded
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Age
In the late 19th century, great wealth
was generated as railroads spanned
the country, industry expanded
exponentially, and immigrants flowed
Whale hunting, New Bedford into the country to fill job openings.
1890–1950: The Rise
9 US politician Bernie Sanders
of Tourism
Railroad construction opened the 1 Dorothea Dix (1802–87)
Advocate for the mentally ill, Dix
mountains and coasts of New also led Union Army nursing in
England to scenic tourism. After the Civil War.
World War II, new highways and 2 William Lloyd Garrison (1805–79)
roadside motels brought multitudes Garrison edited the radical newspaper
of new visitors to Cape Cod, the The Liberator and co-founded the
Maine coast, and the White and American Anti-Slavery Society.
Green Mountains. 3 Joseph Smith (1805–44)
Vermont-born visionary Joseph Smith
founded Mormonism.
4 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–96)
Prominent abolitionist Stowe attacked
slavery in her famous 1852 novel,
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
5 Clara Barton (1821–1912)
Nurse, teacher, and suffragist, Barton
founded the US branch of the
International Red Cross.
6 Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)
Eddy was the founder of the Christian
Science movement.
7 Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(1841–1935)
This Supreme Court Justice was noted
for his blunt and pithy opinions.
The Conway railroad, White Mountains 8 W.E.B. DuBois (1868–1963)
1960–Today: Education
0 A sociologist, scholar, and activist,
DuBois was among the 20th century’s
and the Knowledge
Economy most prominent civil rights leaders.
9 Benjamin Spock (1903–98)
The founding of Harvard College in Pediatrician Spock shook up American
1636 is what gave New England child-rearing by emphasizing affection
a head start in higher education. over discipline.
The emphasis on scholarship has 10 Bernie Sanders (b. 1941)
persisted down the years, and has Progressive Vermont politician Sanders
produced industrial leaders in such restored credibility to the American Left
fields as information technology, in the 2016 presidential nomination run.
robotics, and biotechnology.

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