Name: Theodore Roosevelt vs. J.P. Morgan
Duration: 191
Description: Theodore Roosevelt believed America's greatest evil was too much power in the hands of corporate America. Find out what happened when he took on J.P. Morgan, the nation's most powerful financier.

Theodore Roosevelt believed America's greatest evil was too much power in the hands of corporate America. Find out what happened when he took on J.P. Morgan, the nation's most powerful financier.

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Theodore Roosevelt believed America&#8217;s greatest evil was too much power in the hands of corporate America. Find out what happened when he took on J.P. Morgan, the nation&#8217;s most powerful financier.

Theodore Roosevelt vs. J.P. Morgan

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Cowboy. Soldier. Statesman. Conservationist. Adventurer. Reformer. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president in American history—and arguably one of the most fascinating. Deeply ambitious and endlessly resilient—he once delivered an 84-minute speech bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest—Roosevelt helped propel the nation into the 20th century with his progressive domestic reforms and his expansive, “big stick” foreign policy.

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