In the middle of the 19th century, national government and corporations were on a rise in the United States. The rise of a strong national government was seen as a rescue to the democratic ideal of individual freedom from being controlled by provincial state governments, or by growing corporations. In 1901, after William McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president ever. Roosevelt was heavily engaged in both foreign and domestic initiatives, and he set the model of the 20th century president in many way. When it comes to domestic policy, Theodore Roosevelt set out to deal with different domestic issues that were problematic remnants of the Industrial Age: labor, environment, consumer protection, and business