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The Jungle Dbq

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Upton Sinclair wrote the novel “The Jungle” in 1906. The novel was written about what was going on in the meatpacking industry. What happened was Upton Sinclair went undercover in the meatpacking industry because he was curious about what goes on with the meat that he eats. In document 3 it was a chapter of his book and it told the reader that if the meat was sour that would rub soda in the meat and then give it to the counters as a free lunch. The meat was stored in piles in a room. The room would have water dripping from the roof and go into the meat, rats would run all over it. The packer put poison bread out for the rats and the rats would end up eating the bread and die on the meat and they would get grounded together. The book was sent
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