HiSET Social Studies Study Questions

Answer: C - Upton Sinclair's The Jungle detailed the internal operations of the meatpacking industry and used it as a foil to discuss a larger theme of unregulated business and the exploitation of immigrants. It is the story of Lithuanian emigrants who are conned and cheated into losing everything they have, including their hope, as they try to achieve the American dream. However, details throughout the book about the unregulated meatpacking industry drew far more attention than the personal plight of the immigrants, and it is the facet of the book for which people remember it today.