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What key aspect of his presidential platform involved railroads and electric utilities?

  • Lock them down

  • Increase their prices

  • Government ownership

  • Privatize them

Answer

Government ownership of railroads and electric utilities was a key aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential platform. Roosevelt believed that the government should play a role in regulating these industries in order to ensure that they were operated in the public interest.
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