Read the quotation from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle . "There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sa
wdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumptive germs." Which of the following best describes the American public's reaction to reading The Jungle? a. The public looked for employment in the meat-packing industry in order to help improve conditions.
b. The public lobbied for meat-packing plants to close down in order to end the consumption of meat in America.
c. The public was outraged and demanded legislative reform from the government.
d. The public did not believe the details of the book and they turned against Sinclair.
Option C, the public was outraged and demanded legislative reform from the government, is the right answer.
Upton Sinclair's (Muckraking Journalist) socialist policy forced him to write a Novel called “The Jungle” in 1906, which presented the harsh conditions and exploited lives of the immigrants, mainly in the Meat- packing industry of the United States. His primary purpose for writing this Novel was to advance Socialism in the U.S. As the people of the United States came to know about the actual condition of the workers in the meat packing industry thus they became outrageous and demanded the federal government to pass legislative reforms. Therefore, the impact of the book and the demands of the people resulted in the “ Pure Food and Drug Act” passed by the government fer months later.
The battle which was not a clear confederate victory during the early stages of the civil war was : 1. Antietam Technically, the confederate did win this war. But they have got a heavy damage and have to retreat during the war
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