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    McDougall, Throes of Democracy, 143.
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    Wiebe, Self-Rule, 56.
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    McDougall, Freedom Just Around the Corner, 178–179.
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    Michael Haines, ed., "Population Characteristics", Population, vol. 1 of Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition, 21.
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    Sutch, "National Income and Product", Economic Structure and Performance, vol. 3 of Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition, 17.