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Italy, gains of, 197

Job ownership, 94

Labor, colonial shortage of, 38

Landlordism, 105

Land ownership, 103 " policy, 104

Latin America, 203

Liberty, desire for, 8

Manifest destiny, 171

Mastery, avenues of, 92

Mexican War, provocation of, 55 " " success of, 56

Mexico, conquest of, 54

Monroe Doctrine, 202 " " logic of, 207

National City Bank, 138

Navy League, 146

Negro civilization, in Africa, 40 " slaves, values of, 47

Negroes, numbers enslaved, 43

New Europe, 246

Next War, contestants in, 236 " " preparations for, 241 " " pretexts for, 238

New Orleans, struggle for, 50

Ownership, advantages of, 114

Panama, relations with, 213 " revolution in, 215 " seizure of, 214

Patriotism, 147

Peace Treaty, provisions of, 224 " " results of, 194

Personal incomes, sources of, 116

Philippines, conquest of, 69

Plutocracy, 117 " control of, 148 " dictatorship of, 92 " domestic power of, 153 " economic gains of, 151 " growing power of, 143

Popular government, 9

Population, increase of, 50

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