1) Passage from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Did you know that a 1000 novel to a low that changed the way Americans process food? That novel was Upton
Sinclair The Jungle. The book exposed harsh working conditions and unsanitary practices in the urban meatpacking
plants of Chicago. The Jungle forced light into the dark corners of big business
Sinclair filled The Jungle with fads to show America how poorly immigrants and the working class were weated by
the big companies, which were diven by greed. The Chicago Tribune wrote that Siecare out to write a book that
would do for writers what Uncle Tom's Cabin had done for saves half a century earlier
But Sinclair was surprised that it was his horrific description of how meat was processed that caused the bigger
uproar Referated Americans Sindar remarked, and the police and und by accident Then
stomach. The outrage was heard in the White House. President Theodore Roosevet ordered an investigation in
the books claims and found that everything Sindair role was true. The meatpacking companies had led to tega
to the sametu practions. We a single book. Sinclair had exposed them
Roosevelt peened Congress to pass the 1906 Pure Food and Drug and Federal Meat Inspection Acts and they
did. The acts ed the ways which food and drugs are handied in the United States
Sincar's booe catalyst for improvements in sanitary conditions in manufacturing plants. He was an author
who would nok behood. The corrupt businessman he exposed called Sindiairauderker (tecany someone
who makes usky, but the people who benefitted from Sindar's muckraking enjoyed better labor laws and safer
food and drugs
In the excerpt from "The Jungle", Sinclair is quoted as saying "I aimed at the public's heart." (paragraph 3) Which
answer choice most accurately restates his meaning?
A)
I tried to cause readers physical pain.
B)
I questioned people's ability to feel compassion for others.
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I tried to create public sympathy for a cause.
D)
I tried to make people ill when they read 'The Jungle".