The Progressives

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Cartoon: TR and the Trusts TRUST TR Big Stick "Trust Buster"

The cartoon best illustrates which Progressive Era policy?

  • A

    The dollar diplomacy of William Howard Taft.

  • B

    Federal use of the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up corporate monopolies.

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  • C

    The repeal of the income tax.

  • D

    Wilson's neutrality policy.

Explanation

Theodore Roosevelt earned the "trust buster" image by suing combinations like Northern Securities (1904) under the 1890 Sherman Act, distinguishing "good" from "bad" trusts.

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