This question is incomplete since it has the options missing. Here are the options:
A) 1903- Helen Hunt Jackson publishes regarding treatment of Native Americans Eliminate
B) 1906- Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, criticizing the working conditions in the U.S.meat processing industry
C) 1912- Theodore Roosevelt Publishes The Square Deal in which he addresses problems in the treatment of American unions
D) 1912- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Lost World showing the deforestation of the rain forests."
Answer:
The correct answer is option B) 1906- Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, criticizing the working conditions in the U.S.meat processing industry.
Explanation:
In 1904 the socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason, hired the services of Upton Sinclair, journalist and writer, in order for him to write a novel denouncing the precarious living conditions of industrial workers, immigrants and nationals. After its publication by chapters in the newspaper, the novel achieved unsuspected success, leading to its publication by Doubleday in 1906 and its translation into seventeen languages. The main objective of the author, and his client, seemed to be evident thanks to the vivid descriptions of the hardships that befell an unfortunate family of Lithuanian origin after their arrival in Packingtown, the district that houses the meat companies of Chicago, Illinois. Through its thirty-six chapters, The Jungle guides the reader from the arrival of the poor unhappy to the land of opportunities, until the fall from grace of the head of the family, passing through various deaths, subhuman working conditions and above all , health irregularities.
