USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which president was known as a “trustbuster?
A
Theodroe Roosevelt
B
Woodrow Wilson
C
William Howard Taft
D
Franklin Roosevelt
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Roosevelt became known as a “trustbuster” for breaking up these monopolies. He also made conservation a top priority during his administration.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Roosevelt, a Republican, confronted the bitter struggle between management and labor head-on and became known as the great “trust buster” for his strenuous efforts to break up industrial combinations under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Detailed explanation-5: -Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he brought 44 anti-trust suits during his time in office. Roosevelt used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890’s powers to break up major industries including the railroads to protect the public’s interest from 1901 to 1909.

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