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The Muckrakers — Quiz

Question 4 • Virginia and US History

Which of these was an unintended result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle ?

Answer
A
Laws were passed to ensure workplace safety.
B
Laws were passed to ensure food and drug safety.
C
Laws were passed to restrict the subjects muckrakers could explore.
D
Laws were passed to permit harmful food and drugs.

Explanation

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry. The public reaction helped spur the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906, which improved food and drug safety. So the unintended result was that laws were passed to ensure food and drug safety.

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