Restore is what I think it would be. Either that or it means to change it, make it better.
Well as I'm sure you know we live in a society greatly impacted by technology and because so everything important usually ends up on the internet, the dissemination of news helps activists and the regular joe, educate themselves. But as in a political revolution starting I suppose dissemination would make them more educated in the debate, and allow them to spread there message.
The red scare following the World War I was primarily caused by the fear of communism, socialism, anarchists, immigrants, and racial labor that has been developing and growing in the industrialized nations, especially in the United States, during the 1920s.
In the late 1800s, the growth of the railroad system led Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis and Cleveland to become industrial centers.