USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt emerged spectacularly as a “trust buster” by forcing the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust suits under the Sherman Act followed. Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Theodore Roosevelt is often given credit for launching the era of trustbusting, but he preferred government regulation of monopolies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Teddy Roosevelt (not Ned Flanders) leading the charge against trusts in a cartoon from 1899. Teddy Roosevelt was one American who believed a revolution was coming.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve the nation’s natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”