In the late nineteenth century, social thinkers such as Edward Bellamy, Henry George, and Laurence Gronlund offered numerous plans for change, primarily because they were alarmed by a fear of

A) class warfare and the growing power of concentrated capital.
B) increasing power of the executive branch of government and lack of checks and balances.
C) the rapid migration of African-Americans from the South to the industrial North, and their increased voting power.
D) the increased numbers of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who brought dangerous socialist ideas to the masses.
E) the momentum gained by women in their efforts to win suffrage and other rights in the public realm.

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Final Answer : A, Explanation :  These social thinkers were primarily concerned with the economic disparities and the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few, which they feared could lead to class conflict.

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