5.1 Economic Boom, the Red Scare Vocab

To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

To suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges

To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful

economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

communists were infiltrating the United States

political machines had too much power in urban areas

Allowing corporations to form trusts

Setting high tariff rates on foreign goods

Purchasing gold and sliver to back currency

Requiring accurate labels on food and drugs

To establish grant programs for universities

To encourage cooperation with native populations

To encourage western migration

To expedite the naturalization process

To provide women with a more active voice in government

To guarantee women would be appointed to public office

To provide women studying politics with college scholarships

To guarantee women would be able to donate money to political campaigns

By establishing restrictions on the right to vote

By protecting the freedoms of religious minorities

By placing limits on freedom of expression

By protecting the rights of accused persons