Question

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Year Legislation
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
1906 Federal Meat Inspection Act
Whose work caused public uproar that contributed to the passage of these laws?

A.
Jacob Riis

B.
W.E.B. Du Bois

C.
Upton Sinclair

D.
Jane Addams

Answer 1

The public uproar that contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act was largely caused by the work of **C. Upton Sinclair**. His novel "The Jungle," published in 1906, exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to a demand for reform.