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The Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
When in 1873 Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner entitled their co-authored novel The Gilded Age, they gave the late nineteenth century its popular name....
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American Protective Association formed
In Clinton, Iowa, the American Protective Association was founded as a secret order to restrict Catholic immigration in the United States.
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American Protective Association
The American Protective Association was formed as a secret anti-Catholic organization in 1887. Using propaganda and rumor-mongering, the APA aimed to restrict Catholic immigration into the United States and to prevent Catholics from holding office. At its 1896 peak, the organization had 2.5 million members.