History Brief: The Trustbuster President

This video gives a brief history of Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to break up trusts during his presidency.

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[HistoryUniversity]

Teddy was the man! His son was the oldest person to storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. I mentioned how badass Teddy Roosevelt Jr was in a vid bc he's so cool.

[AnnikaOrne]

Everyone seems to forget Taft, who continued in Roosevelt’s footsteps by initiating over 90 antitrust lawsuits during his presidency.

[MrJdebest]

We are now living in the Gilded age 2. Who will break up Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech monopolies ?

[mrdunngoofd]

Great video and very informative. It's a crime this does not have more views.

[whodoobucrew]

Teddy is both my most, and one of my least favorite presidents. Fascinating guy

[BigLui]

Well now we have amazon, twitter, facebook, google that need to be busted

[rajivdixit-theindiawithsec]

A good market capitalism is where monopoly powers are broken.