... could be a tool for change. Social reformers, such as Jane Addams, concentrated on exposing the bad in corporate greed. Progressivism gained a strong voice in the White House when Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901. Roosevelt believed that strong corporations were good for America, but he also believed that corporate conduct must be watched to guarantee that business greed did not get out of ... the practices of some corporations and strengthened the movement for outlawing monopolies. Unlike most Republicans, who largely ignored economic and social inequalities, Roosevelt ackn...

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