Compare Teddy Roosevelt and the Theory of Laissez-faire

 

Extreme opposites.

Laissez-faire meant the govn’t would not be involved

TR thought the president should get involved whenever the rights of people might be at stake.

By 1900 what fraction or percent of american businesses were controlled by TRUSTS ?
4/5 or 80%

 During the Coal strike of 1902, what humorous action did T.R. want to take against one of the Coal Operators?

Throw him out the window of the White House “by the seat of his breeches.”