Social Act IVISM
Although the social movements of the Progressive Era had accomplished a great deal, the period between the two world wars was characterized by political reaction in which social protest was cast in a negative light and social movements were attacked as subversive and threats to the conservative status quo. As a result, mass movements of any kind were often viewed with mistrust and tainted with a fear of tyranny, accusations of un-Americanism, distaste for activism, and concerns about violence.