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? ratification of the 19th amendment, establishment of the interstate commerce commission, approval of federal income tax, enactment of the meat inspection act

Answer 1

Enactment of the meat inspection act — Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle exposed filthy conditions in the meatpacking industry and helped spur the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.