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? a. ratification of the 19th Amendment b. establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission c. approval of federal income tax d. enactment of the Meat Inspection Act

Answer 1

d. enactment of the Meat Inspection Act

Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, arousing public outrage and helping prompt the Meat Inspection Act (and the Pure Food and Drug Act) that same year.