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誰拿到牛肉？這幅漫畫顯示西奧朵‧羅斯福打破大型托辣斯企業，包括牛肉托辣斯等
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考察法案 (Expedition
Act) 通過了
1903年2月11日
對摩根美國鋼鐵公司的批評，大多認為一家公司控制某項工業的這麼多分支行業，會損害一般大眾的權益。西元1902年，社會上有許多關於大型「托辣斯」的論點，所以西奧朵‧羅斯福 (Theodore
Roosevelt) 總統就命令司法部要使用「反托辣斯」的法令對不只那些鋼鐵業的大公司，並對肉類工業、油業，以及鐵道工業的托辣斯提出控訴。羅斯福認為這些工業都透過限制競爭的方式，侵佔大眾的權益。因此，國會在1903年2月11日通過考察法案，讓這些反托辣斯的控訴在美國法律體系中程為最高優先的案件。羅斯福也因為打擊托辣斯的作為而聲名大噪。你知道人們幫他取了什麼外號嗎？
Critics of companies like J.P. Morgan's U.S. Steel Corporation said that allowing a company to control so many aspects of an industry hurt the general public. By 1902, there was such concern about huge "trusts" such as U.S. Steel that President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Justice Department to use "antitrust" laws to prosecute not only the steel industry trust but also the meatpacking, oil, and railroad trusts. He said that these industries took advantage of the public by limiting competition. As a result, the Expedition Act was passed on February 11, 1903, making the antitrust suits a high priority in the nation's legal system. Roosevelt quickly gained a reputation for breaking up trusts. What nickname do you think he was given?
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