Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: A - Upton Sinclair’s 1906 journalistic novel The Jungle was primarily about the working immigrant’s experience. Sinclair hoped to draw attention to the harsh working and living conditions that immigrants endured. He based the tale about Lithuanian immigrants employed in the meatpacking industry on real people, experiences, and investigations in to working conditions in meatpacking factories. Ultimately, the book became best remembered for its unsettling description of meatpacking practices, as Sinclair described the prevalence of rodents and even human body parts getting packaged and sold to consumers. While investigators later disputed the claims about humans falling into rendering vats, the book nevertheless led to reform legislation in the meatpacking industry in hopes of ending the other proven claims of unsanitary practices.