Which platform did Woodrow Wilson advocate to promote competition and limit government power over business?

• A. New Nationalism
• B. Square Deal
• C. Progressivism
• D. New Freedom

Answer: (D)

The question is tapping into how Progressive Era reformers differed in handling big business. Wilson’s New Freedom argued that true reform came from freeing the economy to compete again by limiting government power over business and breaking up monopolies when necessary. It stressed restoring competition rather than expanding federal control, using anti-trust enforcement, banking reform, and tariff changes to reduce corporate power and give individuals more opportunity. This contrasts with Roosevelt’s New Nationalism, which called for stronger federal regulation and oversight of large firms, and with the broader Progressive movement that encompassed many reform ideas. So the platform that best fits promoting competition while curbing government over business power is New Freedom.