In what ways, and to what extent, did the twentieth century become "The American Century" as Luce contends? There is a story called The American Century by Henry R. Luce that goes along with this question

the heightened emotion and nature images.

capitalism is an economic system that works around the concept of wealth creation in the pursuit of economic growth for the nation while mercantilism focuses on wealth accumulation through extraction of wealth which they believe is measured by the amwount of gold bollions that the nation has in its possession.

europeans carried a hidden enemy to the indians: new diseases. native peoples of america had no immunity to the diseases that european explorers and colonists brought with them. diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to american indians