The Presidency of Theodore RooseveltUniversity Press of Kansas, 1991 - 355 pages Theodore Roosevelt was hearty, frank, freindly, and bold - a president so popular that many Americans believed they knew him personally. Through the force of his personality and excitement of his adventuring, he wove the presidency into the fabric of daily life as no other president had done. Nearly a century later he is remembered as the most colourful chief executive. |
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... companies during the 1890s renewed fears that the growth of trusts and holding companies might stifle economic opportunity for the middle class . Similar apprehensions dur- ing the 1870s and 1880s had led to the enactment of the ...
... companies during the 1890s renewed fears that the growth of trusts and holding companies might stifle economic opportunity for the middle class . Similar apprehensions dur- ing the 1870s and 1880s had led to the enactment of the ...
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... companies were " attempting to monopolize , and have monopolized such interstate and foreign trade or commerce , to the great and irreparable damage of the people of the United States , " in violation of the Sherman Act . 16 The actual ...
... companies were " attempting to monopolize , and have monopolized such interstate and foreign trade or commerce , to the great and irreparable damage of the people of the United States , " in violation of the Sherman Act . 16 The actual ...
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... companies and their leaders . Moody told Roosevelt that if " people of the importance of these defendants are convicted and imprisoned , it will be a mighty blow against unscrupulous and predatory wealth . " 38 Gar- field's tactics in ...
... companies and their leaders . Moody told Roosevelt that if " people of the importance of these defendants are convicted and imprisoned , it will be a mighty blow against unscrupulous and predatory wealth . " 38 Gar- field's tactics in ...
Contents
Keeping the Left Center Together | 225 |
We Were at Absolute Peace | 251 |
There Is No One Like Theodore | 271 |
Copyright | |
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