TR was a trustbuster which meant he tried to eliminate monopolies, 1902 coal strike got better pay and less hours in a work day, he also passed two act the meat inspection act of 1906 and the pure food and drug act also of 1906, the newlands act of 1902 started irrigation systems, put 148 million acres of forest reserves and built 50 wildlife sanctuaries and many national parks, roosevelt also stepped down from office and said that william howard taft was his hand picked new president, Taft had a background for being a president but he never really considered being a president, only predident to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, dollar diplomacy is where we lent a lot of money to other countries, economic imperialism is where you take over the country by controlling business and banks, broke tobacco and oil trusts
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