Rapidly growing cities faced a number of problems including but limited to:
1. Overcrowding: A huge influx of people from small cities, towns and villages resulted in cramped conditions.
2. Rising house prices/rents: It was a boom time for people who owned property. House prices and rents increased quickly.
3. Rising poverty and Ghettos: Most people who came to the cities were unskilled men with families and lots of children. This resulted in ghettos developing around the cities.
4. Rising Crime: All the above factors gave rise to a crime culture made up of young people looking to make some money and a 'name' for themselves.
5. Rise in disease: Poor living conditions resulted in constant outbreaks of chlorea and other water-borne diseases.
1. Specialized Workers
2. Complex Institutions
3. Record Keeping
4. Advanced Technology
5.Advanced Cities
Answer: The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. Sinclair's primary purpose in describing the meat industry and its working conditions was to advance socialism in the United States.
Explanation:
1) Pulpit
2) Presbyterian
3) Pietist
4) Steal
5) Ticonderoga
6) Riot
7) Teenager
8) Seal
9) Treaty of Ulrecht
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