Reforming Business and Industry in the Progressive Era - Question 8 | MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026 | Revolt
Reforming Business and Industry in the Progressive Era
Question 8 of 10 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026
Read this excerpt from President Theodore Roosevelt’s 1901 State of the Union Address.Corporations engaged in interstate commerce should be regulated if they are found to [harm] public [interest]. It should be as much the aim of those who seek for social-betterment to rid the business world of crimes of cunning. . . . Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
Answer
A
The government should run corporations to improve society.
B
The government should create corporations that aid the public.
C
The government should help corporations with any labor problems.
D
The government should regulate corporations to safeguard society.