THEODORE ROOSEVELT

DOMESTIC BELIEFS

• Progressive
• Government should actively balance needs of competing groups
• Social justice and economic opportunity through government regulation
• Big business was a natural part of a maturing economy so didn't abolish it
• Must be reform in order to stave off socialism

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

• Social Darwinism
• US was in competition with other nations and only the fittest would survive
• Increase the influence and prestige of the United States on the world stage
• Wanted the United States to be a world power
• United States to avoid conflicts

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5 IMPORTANT THINGS

• Approved of large corporations
• Northern Securities: three RR giants combined trust with Roosevelt
• Roosevelt was a "trust buster"
• Created the Bureau of Corporations
• Square Deal