The First Amendment protects you freedom of speech, religion, and peaceful assembly, and more like this. The best answer from these option seems to be C. It prohibits both the federal government and state governments from passing laws that abridge the freedom of speech. No one in the U.S has the right to revoke your freedom of speech.
There were several actions of the government around the turn of the century that social Darwinists would disapproved of, but one of the major ones was aid to the poor.
Thomas Jefferson. Now I just have to make this "at least 20 characters to explain it well". I'm not entirely sure how to explain Thomas Jefferson more though.