During the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, reformers and the federal government were limited in their success in introducing reforms at the national level. Although a sufficient number of this movement's reforms have brought significant results, some have not fared as well as others. Reforms regarding business regulation, combating child labor, and women's rights are three movements that are particularly reasonable in terms of success. Furthermore, progressives had only limited effect in implementing domestic reforms. Fear of the concentrated power of monopolies has led progressives to make limiting and ending the authority and wealth of these monopolies a major goal. President Theodore Roosevelt was one of the presidents who engaged in a policy of "trust-breaking." In 1902, President Roosevelt used the Sherman Antitrust Act against the Northern Securities Company, which was attempting to gain a railroad monopoly in the Northwest. Later, during his presidency, Roosevelt created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the railroad industries. Roosevelt played a key role in destroying the trusts and had a significant overall impact in this regard. Although he implemented antitrust reforms, he failed to eliminate all trust. In the political cartoon published in the Washington Post in 1907 (Document A), Roosevelt targeted only “bad confidence,” leaving “good confidence” unconstrained. Roosevelt also revealed his limitations in handling the "breach of trust" when he authorized American Steel, owned by JP Morgan, to purchase the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. Anti-monopoly reform could have been implemented, but there were flaws in the trust-destroying campaign that limited its full effects. There has always been a fight for women's rights... middle of paper... which were denied by Congress. As Jane Addams said in The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets in 1909 (Document C), the government was so preoccupied with industry that it forgot the welfare of children. It was not until 1916 that the Keating Owen Act was passed, which regulated child labor. But even this was not established and child labor continued. Overall, multiple laws were planned and passed during this time, but despite their small, but significant, effects on the nation, it was not enough. Roosevelt did not completely get rid of trust and monopolies, women's rights in the Nineteenth Amendment were not sufficiently guaranteed, and workers would have been better off if they had had social benefits and if the child labor had been abolished. The Progressive Era was just the beginning of something bigger and a slow beginning to the development of the great nation we have today..