"The Struggle for Social Justice" was the basis of the platform that Theodore Roosevelt and his Progressive Party ran on in the 1912 presidential campaign. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt was elected president after an anarchist killed President McKinley. Roosevelt was a Republican, but was truly a progressive at heart. During his presidency, he reformed American industries in order to give the rule of government back to ... the people to restore social justice and human rights. Roosevelt said that, "We must, through the law, ... make conditions of life more fair, make equality of opportunity mor...

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