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)
Responses

ratification of the 19th Amendment
ratification of the 19th Amendment

establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission
establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission

approval of federal income tax
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 (1906) aroused public outrage over meatpacking conditions, prompting Congress and President Roosevelt to push through the Meat Inspection Act (and the Pure Food and Drug Act).