As the youngest man to become president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt demonstrated his ambition and visionary leadership. Roosevelt became the first president to set America on the path to success toward prosperous growth and diplomatic influence. From childhood to adulthood, Roosevelt hoped to positively influence Americans. Theodore Roosevelt sought to make America a better place through antitrust enforcement, safety laws, and positive environmental action. By dissolving powerful corporate trusts, Theodore Roosevelt desired the ability to allow all Americans a chance to succeed. However, the corrupt trusts had gone against Roosevelt's belief in helping people in need. Not only were they making life difficult for the working class, but some trusts were greedily making millions of dollars by controlling every part of the industry they wanted. For example, John D. Rockefeller, owner of Standard Oil, owned the land, drilling companies, pipelines, refineries, gas stations, and nearly all the oil in America. Additionally, nationwide monopoly owners raised prices, such as reduced wages and train fares, just to get an extra million in their bank accounts. Roosevelt felt it was unfair that while powerful entrepreneurs stuffed their faces with food, the masses were hardly able to support their families. Roosevelt also believed that large businessmen similar to Rockefeller had a stranglehold on the economy and could ruin corporate trust systems altogether. Theodore Roosevelt despised such monopolies and acted soon after becoming president. He created the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890 and declared that “every contract, trust or other association, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce between the several States…… means of paper.. ....and , during and after his presidency, left a lasting impression on America. Although Roosevelt was unable to pass some desired laws, many were eventually implemented, living off Theodore Roosevelt's great legacy. Works Cited Edwards, Rebecca. "Trust and antitrust". Projects.vassar.edu. Vassar College, 2000. Web. 06 April 2014. NCBI. "An ACT." Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). US National Library of Medicine, 18 April 2004. Web. 04 April 2014.NPS. "The Life of Theodore Roosevelt." Nps.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior, April 4, 2014. Web. April 7, 2014. PBS. "Internal politics". PBS.org. PBS, 2013. Web. 06 April 2014SHRM. “Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.” Shrm.org. Human Resources Management Society, 03 December 2008. Web. 04 April 2014.TR Assoc. "The PRESIDENT." Theodorerosevelt.org. Theodore Roosevelt Association, 2013. Web. 06 April. 2014.