"The essence of any struggle for healthy liberty has always been, and must always be, to take from some one man or class of men the right to enjoy power, or wealth, or position, or immunity, which has not been earned by service to his or their fellows... The New Nationalism puts the national need before sectional or personal advantage." — Theodore Roosevelt, "New Nationalism" speech, Osawatomie, Kansas, 1910
Roosevelt's argument in this passage best reflects which Progressive Era trend?
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Expanding the federal government's role to regulate concentrated economic power
- B
Restricting suffrage to property-owning white males
- C
Promoting the secession of states from federal authority
- D
Returning to laissez-faire principles articulated by the Gilded Age courts
Explanation
New Nationalism urged a strong federal government to check trusts and protect public welfare, a hallmark Progressive position.