Question

Study the excerpt from the article "Upton Sinclair, Whose Muckraking Changed the Meat Industry” by Daniel E. Slotnik.

President Theodore Roosevelt signed two historic bills aimed at regulating the food and drug industries into law on June 30, 1906. With decisive strokes of his pen on that oppressively hot day, Roosevelt also provided Upton Sinclair with the greatest validation for which any muckraker could hope. It was Sinclair’s novel The Jungle that helped spur the public outrage that led to the legislation.

Joseph is including information from the excerpt in a research paper on muckrakers’ role in the Progressive Era. Which sentence correctly paraphrases the excerpt?

On June 30, 1906, President Roosevelt signed into law two bills that put controls on food and drug companies.
It was Sinclair’s book The Jungle that helped spur the public outrage that led to the legislation (Slotnik).
The anger caused by Sinclair’s book contributed to the passage of laws to improve conditions in the food industry (Slotnik).
“President Theodore Roosevelt signed two historic bills aimed at regulating the food and drug industries into law on June 30, 1906.”

Answer 1

The anger caused by Sinclair’s book contributed to the passage of laws to improve conditions in the food industry (Slotnik).

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Answer 2

Answer: The anger caused by Sinclair’s book contributed to the passage of laws to improve conditions in the food industry (Slotnik).

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