THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Question
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twenty-five antitrust suits
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the Bill of Rights
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antivirus suits
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The Bill of Wrongs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt told Congress he opposed banning monopolies. Instead, he preferred that the federal government “assume power of supervision and regulation over all corporations doing an interstate business."
Detailed explanation-2: -The first trust giant to fall victim to Roosevelt’s assault was none other than the most powerful industrialist in the country-J. Pierpont Morgan. This 1912 cartoon shows trusts smashing consumers with the tariff hammer in hopes of raising profits. Morgan controlled a railroad company known as Northern Securities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although more conservative than his predecessor, Taft filed twice the number of antitrust suits as Roosevelt, and the Supreme Court upheld the breakup of Standard Oil under the Sherman Antitrust Act (1911) during his administration.