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The purpose of my assignment is to summarize facts, thoughts and assumptions and provide Progressive Era analyses in relation to the 1912 presidential elections. The respective campaigns of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson can -- in general terms - be considered as a contest between the theoretical and the practical. This was evident in their varying approaches to both economic and social issues. Even within the Progressivism there were different points of view on the liberalism in the American democracy and strategic issues such as tax, customs duties and anti-monopoly policies. I will specifically examine this disparity in context of the social struggle between concentrated and organized capitalism and the progressive labor movement. Who were the people designing their election platforms, defining the state politics and consequently creating the rules? What was their vision? And what assumptions underlined their thinking? Have their ideas and its application in politics been successful? Finally, what was their political legacy in American society today?

My study represents an explanation of roots of antitrust policy and development particularly during the Progressive Era. My thesis summarizes effectiveness of new antitrust law and attempts to show impact of antitrust law on society. One of the most important contributions of my study is, to explain some myths regarding to antitrust policy. Therefore, I show some doubts passing of new antitrust acts. Further contribution is showing of social and economic situation in the Progressive Era and development of antitrust law. A then I write about impact of interest group on passing of antitrust law.