The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

The scandal involved the:

• coal industry 

• meat packing industry 

• the newspaper industry 

• There was no scandal 

In the Jungle, Upton Sinclair wrote about which of the following in the meat supply:

 

• Diseased animal carcass 

• Ratt infestations 

• Human body parts in the meat 

• All the above 

The real reason the book was written was to:

• Help workers who were working in terrible conditions 

• Expose the terrible quality of the meat 

• To help Upton Sinclair run for office 

Mold covered meat was common in those days. 

• False 

• True 

Upton Sinclair's book led to the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 that provided for government inspection of meat.

• True 

• False