Social Studies

Trevon Byrd

16 February, 04:48

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to

question.

your knowledge of social studies to answer the following

If you were a sociable person, he (the

government inspector was quite willing to enter

into conversation with you, and to explain to you

the deadly nature of the ptomaines which are

found in tubercular pork; and while he was

talking with you you could hardly be so

ungrateful as to notice that a dozen carcasses

were passing him untouched.

- Uptor Sinclair, 1906

7) After reading the book excerpted above, President Theodore Roosevelt asked

the U. S. Congress to -

A. halt production at meatpacking plants

B. pass a law calling for closer regulation of food quality

C. fund research to find a cure for tuberculosis

D. pass a law to limit work hours in meatpacking plants