When government inspectors investigated the claims made by upton sinclair in the jungle, they found a. sinclair had dishonestly represented the conditions in slaughterhouses. b. sinclair had written his books to promote socialism. c. slaughterhouse owners were eager to improve working conditions. d. slaughterhouse conditions were even worse than sinclair had reported.

d. slaughterhouse conditions were even worse than Sinclair had reported.

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The book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair describes the terrible conditions that immigrants faced when working in slaughterhouses at the turn of the century. Sinclair wanted to bring attention to the plight of these people. However, the book created commotion due to its depiction of dirty, unhealthy slaughterhouses. People were horrified at the deplorable situation, and this prompted the government to investigate. Once they did, they discovered that conditions were even worse than Sinclair had said. However, this led to the passage of laws that improved these conditions.

One of the many reasons why Cortes and Pizarro were able to defeat the Aztecs and the Incas was because " d. The Europeans carried deadly diseases which decimated the populations of both the Aztecs and the Incas and thus undermined their political and military order," since disease actually killed more than weapons.

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