During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
A) he was a champion of labor unions.
B) he made the breaking-up of business combinations his highest priority.
C) he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
D) his primary accomplishment was to reform the meatpacking industry.
E) he deeply antagonized the conservative Old Guard wing of his party.

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During his first three years as president, Theodore Roosevelt desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities. He pushed for the creation of the Bureau of Corporations to investigate corporate abuses, and his efforts ultimately led to the passage of the Hepburn Act, which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to regulate railroad rates. While he did support labor unions and worked to reform the meatpacking industry, these were not his highest priorities during this time, and he did not deeply antagonize the conservative Old Guard until later in his presidency.

During Theodore Roosevelt's First Three Years as President