Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Trainwreck - Extra History - #4

Wanna hear how the early 20th century meat packing industry worked? Visit , or text ’extracredits’ to 500 500, to start your 30 day trial, get a free audiobook of your choice like Sinclair’s The Jungle, and help support our channel. (Just don’t listen while you’re eating) Teddy Roosevelt figured out that the courts aren’t a productive way to battle the Trusts. There’s no way they can catch everyone and in order to protect the American people, it’s not enough to punish the Trusts after wrongdoing. No, they’re going to have to put down some proactive legislation to prevent this action before it event happens. But the conservative-leaning Senate is going to be some rough going. And matters are made even worse when the opposition finds leadership in one of Theodore Roosevelt’s greatest enemies: “Pitchfork“ Ben Tillman ___________ Support the people who make this show, vote for future Extra History topics and get grea