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Background (not to be used in your paper): Upton Sinclair’s novel, The Jungle, told of horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry as seen through the struggles of his main character Jurgis Rudkis, a Lithuanian immigrant, and his family. Sinclair hoped his book would highlight the plight of the worker, illustrate what was wrong with American capitalism, and promote social reform. Historians recognize his accounts as exaggerated, but it was an instant best-seller and prompted President Teddy Roosevelt to launch an investigation into his claims. The investigative committee discovered atrocious conditions in some plants but found others to be hygienic. The resultant Neill-Reynolds Report spurred the passage of the Meat Inspection Act (1906), which focused on protecting the public from tainted food but not from workplace abuses.
Read the assigned excerpts from the following document: Content Warning: This document contains graphic descriptions illustrating the abuses of the meatpacking industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, read Chapter 9 and the first 3 paragraphs of Chapter 14 (the last sentence of paragraph 3 ends with: “ . . . they would charge two cents more a pound.”): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.ht…

Use the details from these excerpts to answer ALL of the following questions:

According to Sinclair, in what ways did immigrants directly experience political corruption?
According to Sinclair, what conditions did the workers experience in the plants?
According to Sinclair, what was the state of the meat in these plants?
In your answer to each question, you must include at least two (2) specific examples from the document in support of your argument.

***DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES to answer these questions!***
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Formatting & Posting Instructions:

Your Analytical Assignment should be at least 300 words in length (no more than 600 words).
Please use complete sentences and organize your responses into paragraphs.
For this assignment, you do not need an introduction or conclusion; however, your assignment should begin with an overall, detailed thesis statement that sums up all of the main arguments (your answers to the questions posed) that you will make.

Put this thesis statement at the beginning of your assignment, separate from your other paragraphs.

For citation purposes, put the author’s name and the chapter number in parentheses (Sinclair, Ch. 9 or Sinclair, Ch. 14). You must give credit to the author EACH time you quote and/or paraphrase.
Each statement (argument) that you make must be directly supported with evidence from the source. Example: Columbus’s motives for conquest were: your argument. According to Columbus, these “new” lands offered Spain: “the source support” (Columbus). DO NOT use any other sources—only use the assigned document to answer these questions.