Not according to the documentary, but of course it's PBS, so they could be wrong.
Teddy Roosevelt was a New Yorker (as is Donald Trump). Teddy was also the father of big government in America. Ask ProgressingAmerica.
As I have mentioned numerous times, the father of "Big Government" was Abraham Lincoln and his "mercantilism."
Yes, Roosevelt expanded the regulatory aspect of US government, but Lincoln started much of this stuff we now regard as "subsidies."
The Railroad investors benefited greatly from a lot of the government's give away programs.
And I keep telling you, that's not what mercantilism is, but you don't listen.
In the 19th century, the federal government and budget were never as big as they were in the 20th century.
The size of the government and its budget largely returned to to what it had been before the war.
Yes, Roosevelt expanded the regulatory aspect of US government, but Lincoln started much of this stuff we now regard as "subsidies."
What you regard as "subsidies".
I suspect many here -- and the president himself -- don't take such a view of tariffs.
And of course, tariffs didn't start with Lincoln. Nor did government subsidies.