Roosevelt was nicknamed "The Trustbuster".
Trustbuster
breaking up business trusts and giant monopolies
Theodore Roosevelt worked to get laws passed that outlawed large trusts and broke up monopolies in business.
One way that Theodore Roosevelt tried to limit the power of business was by suing the businesses that were trying to create monopolies. He helped to break up many businesses that had created monopolies.
Theodore Roosevelt called the trust buster because of his efforts to break up trusts and outlaw business monopolies.
The President who was called the trustbuster because he was the first to break up trusts and monopolies was Theodore Roosevelt. He believed in regulating big business to promote fair competition and protect consumers, leading to several antitrust prosecutions during his presidency in the early 1900s.
it destroyed some illegal trusts (monopolies), but it didn't do that much to stop the ever growing number of monpolies and trusts.
44 with the Sherman Antitrust Act Source: squaredeal.com
Teddy r. felt monopolies were unfair to business competition
Anti-trusts means "opposing large business monopolies".
Trusts and cartels were designed to avoid regulations and act as monopolies.
He supported powerful corporations that did business fairly.
The Congress can use its commerce powers in various ways. These may include regulating business activities, breaking monopolies, regulating banks and stock markets and so much more.