Which of the following best explains the square deal? it was a policy by william mckinley that stated the common man should get a fair shake at life. it was theodore roosevelt's expression pertaining to equal pay for all americans. it was john hay's policy of support of countries in east asia. it was roosevelt's belief that labor, businesses and the common man should be given an equal opportunity.

was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. Thus, it aimed at helping middle class citizens and involved attacking plutocracy and bad trusts while at the same time protecting business from the most extreme demands of organized labor. In contrast to his predecessor William McKinley, Roosevelt was a Republican who believed in government action to mitigate social evils, and as president denounced "the representatives of predatory wealth" as guilty of "all forms of iniquity from the oppression of wage workers to defrauding the public."