CLEP US History II

Answer: A - In 1906, Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, a fictionalized account that was based on a true story about American immigrants working in the meat-packing industry. Sinclair intended for the human-interest element of the story-the experience of the workers-to be the centerpiece of the book, but the deplorable factory conditions and lack of sound food-handling practices were what caught the public’s attention. Though the work was considered typical of the era’s journalistic muckraking, The Jungle led to major reforms in the food-processing industry.