U3T2D1 Daily Quiz

Foreign policy

Domestic policy

Diplomatic policy

Military policy

Increasing taxes on imported meat

Allowing companies to set their own safety rules

Reducing the number of factory inspections

Requiring inspections and sanitation standards

Sinclair described dangerous conditions faced by workers.

Congress passed new food safety laws in 1906.

Consumers became worried about contaminated meat.

President Roosevelt investigated meatpacking factories.

Americans focused on foreign trade instead of workers.

Americans wanted factories to produce more meat.

Americans focused on food safety more than workers' treatment.

Americans opposed government inspections of factories.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Meat Inspection Act

Federal Reserve Act

Sherman Antitrust Act

Prohibiting the sale of misbranded food products

Requiring businesses to lower their product prices

Limiting how much food consumers may purchase

Allowing states to eliminate federal food regulations

Consumers prefer government-owned businesses.

Companies are required to eliminate all business risks.

Government regulation guarantees lower food prices.

Consumers lack information needed to protect themselves.

The regulation benefits companies without affecting consumers.

The regulation eliminates every possible food safety problem.

The regulation improves safety but increases business costs.

The regulation protects profits but reduces public safety.

Permanently close the company without an investigation.

Inspect the facility and collect evidence of contamination.

Ignore the complaints until the company admits wrongdoing.

Require every food company to stop selling its products.

Businesses should make all decisions about consumer safety.

Government should prevent companies from earning profits.

Consumers should avoid purchasing products from large companies.

Food safety laws can protect consumers from unsafe products.