In the period from the end of World War I to 1969, the rise of the threat of Russia and international communism resulted in

A. a pronouncement by the Supreme Court that the people, through their representatives in Congress, had the sole power to judge the limits of free speech, and could expand or contract those limits as they saw fit.
B. expanded protections for freedom of speech and other civil rights, in an attempt to emphasize the value of American liberties.
C. increased limitations on the freedom of speech, making it possible to ban speech simply for having the tendency to encourage evil deeds.
D. expanded protections for political speech, though standards for defining material as obscene remained low.
E. a pronouncement by the Supreme Court that freedom of speech was inviolate and could not be curtailed even if it was malicious and false.

Answer: C