Question

Realists wanted to make people aware of the costs of industrial growth. Which action was hastened largely because public opinion was aroused by a contemporary novel?
(1 point)
ratification of the 19th
Amendment
establishment of the
• Interstate Commerce
Commission
O approval of federal income
tax
enactment of the Meat
Inspection Act

Answer 1

The action that was hastened largely because public opinion was aroused by a contemporary novel is the **enactment of the Meat Inspection Act**. This was significantly influenced by Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle," which exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to public outcry and a demand for reform.