Read the passage about protesting.

Alexander is upset about a policy recently enacted by his state government. He talks with several friends who share his concerns, and they decide to take action. They organize a rally at the state capitol. They make signs with strongly worded slogans to get their point across to lawmakers. At the rally, they use a megaphone to share their thoughts with the crowd.

Alexander and his friends are able to do this without the threat of government interference because of which right?

freedom of speech
due process
freedom of religion
freedom of the press

Freedom of speech.

Explanation:

i thing that the best option is a.they feared it would cause a second economic collapse.

one of the most negatives aspects of the new deal was that it upset the balanced federal budget and led to a huge deficit for the nation while at the same time failed to end increasing unemployment. roosevelt's program, based on keynesian theories of economics, called for massive government spending to stimulate the economy. as he   failed to do this with large tax increases; large sums of money were borrowed to fund new deal programs. when the economy showed some improvement, roosevelt was concerned about inflation, and ordered cuts in government spending. unfortunately, he did so at a time when the new social security tax had cut people's disposable income. businesses were too afraid of spending, and the economy in 1937 was in worse shape than in 1929. at the end of that year, two million people were unemployed.