The statement about the slave Anthony Burns that is not true would be "<span>a. He was able to buy his freedom from his master," since in fact it was sympathetic Bostonians who bought his freedom. </span>
The most important political leaders during this time were Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette, Charles Evans Hughes, and Herbert Hoover. Some democratic leaders included William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Al Smith. This movement targeted the regulations of huge monopolies and corporations.
