APUSH CHAP 22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 1)Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency a)The Accidental President i)VP Theodore Roosevelt assumed presidency September 1901after Pres McKinley assassinated. Reputation as an independent and wild man; became champion of cautious an moderate change, reform to protect society against more radical changes b)Government, Capital, and Labor i)Roosevelt saw fed govt as mediator of the public good. Not opposed to industrial combinations but realized potential for abuse of power ii)Supported regulation of trusts- created Department of Commerce and Labor 1903 to publicly investigate corporations. Did make effort to break up some trusts- used Sherman Antitrust Act to break up Northern Securities Company monopoly over RRs in Northwest