Roosevelt's+Platform+(1-5)

In 1912 the Progressive party was formed due to the loss of the Republican party by Theodore Roosevelt. Their motto was "To destroy this invisible government and to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt businesses and corrupt politics." Roosevelt's platform was "The New Nationalism."The central problem that he argued was human welfare versus property rights. He wanted executive agencies to regulate business instead of courts. A great majority of Republicans refused to join a new political party even if they supported Roosevelt before. The party was based on where Roosevelt connects Trusts and monopolies. The party was funded by a publisher named Frank A. Munsey and executive secretary George Perkins.

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