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Difficulty: HardImmigration, Urbanization, and Social Culture

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"The city has become a serious menace to our civilization... Here is the typical immigrant, and here is to be found the immigrant in largest numbers. ... The city is the nerve center of our civilization, in which is concentrated its strength and its weakness. ... The social, political, and moral dangers which threaten our future are concentrated in the city, and are there most rapidly developing."
— Josiah Strong, *Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis*, 1885

Based on the excerpt, which of the following Gilded Age developments was most directly fueled by the sentiments Strong describes?

  1. The formation of nativist advocacy groups, such as the American Protective Association, seeking to limit the political influence of new immigrantsAnswer
  2. B
    The passage of the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 to preserve Native American cultural sovereignty in the West
  3. C
    The adoption of strict federal laissez-faire policies that prevented any government intervention in municipal public works
  4. D
    The immediate mobilization of the Populist Party to establish settlement houses in major Midwestern urban centers

Answer

The formation of nativist advocacy groups, such as the American Protective Association, seeking to limit the political influence of new immigrants
The correct answer is correct because the source directly conveys nativist sentiments about the influx of immigrants and their concentration in urban areas. During the Gilded Age, these anxieties led to the rise of nativist organizations like the American Protective Association, which lobbied for immigration restrictions and fought the political influence of non-native populations.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the provided historical excerpt to identify the author's main concern.
The author argues that cities and their concentrated immigrant populations represent a social, political, and moral menace to American civilization.
This establishes the core ideological stance of the source as nativist and anti-urban.
2
Evaluate the choices to see which Gilded Age event is a direct consequence of this nativist ideology.
The formation of the American Protective Association in 1887 was a direct response to Gilded Age immigration, aiming to limit the political power of Catholic immigrants and restrict immigration flow.
This links the ideology of the source to its primary historical consequence during the specified period.

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Immigration, Urbanization, and Social Culture
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