"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
Which earlier policy of Roosevelt's most clearly anticipated the ideas expressed in this excerpt?
- A
Reconstruction-era Black Codes
- Bcheck_circle
The Square Deal's regulation of railroads and meatpacking
- C
Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy
- D
Henry Clay's American System of internal improvements
Explanation
TR's Square Deal (Hepburn Act, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act) embodied the regulatory ethos of New Nationalism.