How did Theodore Roosevelt and his successor William Howard Taft differ in their dealings with trusts?
A) Roosevelt believed all trusts were "bad," while Taft believed that only some of them needed to be controlled.
B) Roosevelt took the side of laborers, while Taft sided with industrial employers.
C) Roosevelt believed in "good" and "bad" trusts, while Taft believed all trusts needed to be broken up.
D) Roosevelt used federal troops to support trusts' interests during strikes, while Taft sent in troops to support workers' interests.

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Roosevelt distinguished between "good" and "bad" trusts, aiming to regulate or break up only those he saw as harmful to the public interest. Taft, on the other hand, adopted a more aggressive approach towards trusts, seeking to dissolve them more broadly without making such distinctions.

How Did Theodore Roosevelt and His Successor William Howard Taft