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Roosevelt was hailed as the "trust-buster" for his aggressive use of the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act, compared to his predecessors. [118] He viewed big business as essential to the American economy, prosecuting only "bad trusts" that restrained trade and charged unfair prices. [ 119 ]
A Progressive reformer, Roosevelt earned a reputation as a "trust buster" through his regulatory reforms and antitrust prosecutions. His presidency saw the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act , which established the Food and Drug Administration to regulate food safety, and the Hepburn Act , which increased the regulatory power of the ...
Telescope Teddy, because he had all his rifles fitted with a small telescope [114] Teedie, childhood nickname [34] TR [115] for signing communications this way; perhaps the first president to be known by his initials. [116] The Trust Buster, so called as a pioneer of busting business trusts. [117]
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. was the 26th President of the United States of America. Not only a politician and statesman, he was also a soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian and writer.
Progressive convention, 1912 Roosevelt delivering a speech at the convention. The 1912 Progressive National Convention was held in August 1912. Angered at the renomination of President William Howard Taft over their candidate at the 1912 Republican National Convention, supporters of former President Theodore Roosevelt convened in Chicago and endorsed the formation of a national progressive party.
The Northern Pacific; the Great Northern; and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy companies would later merge in 1969. The case was an example of Roosevelt's trust-busting procedures, prosecuting under the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), and it marked a major victory for the antitrust movement,
The removal of New York City's controversial monument to 26th U.S President Theodore Roosevelt began this week, according to the American Museum of Natural Hist
The 1906 law was signed by Roosevelt and gives presidents unilateral authority to designate national monuments on federal lands. Eighteen presidents have used the Antiquities Act to designate 167 ...