<span>The correct answer is C. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison formed the Democratic-Republican Party. The party was formed to oppose the Federalist Party, which, at the time, controlled much of the government. Many political scientists and historians consider the Democratic-Republican Party as the predecessor to the modern Republican Party.</span>
A) the increase in immigration caused people to want to protect their own native interests over the immigrants
Answer: It is describing life, liberty and property protection for all citizens
Explanation: The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying "any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." - This is missing in your question.
Intention to safeguards of all groups is shown with the phrase ''any person...''. It is referring clearly to all people and it isn't mentioning gender, religion, race, education or something else. The key of it is to protect all of the people and everyone should be equal. It is also put to protect African-American citizens which were having issues with discrimination trough the history.
''The equal protection of the laws.'' is referring to a protection that is equal with all aspects of life, property and liberty.
Imperialism had devastating effects on China in the nineteenth century.The victors forced concessions and unequal treaties on the Chinese. followed by the French and British winning the Second Opium War, this forced the Chinese to legalize the opium trade and allow missionaries free access to the country.