Upton Sinclair Questions

Respond to the following in complete, well-developed sentences.

1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform?
   
   
2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel?
   
   
3. What did the author want to happen as a result of his novel?
   
   
4. How did the public react to his novel?
   
   
5. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed filthy conditions in meat packing plants. The public was outraged and the government responded. In 1992 ABC-News did a similar story, this time in a supermarket.
   
   Visit PBS "Food Lyin."
   
   What did the ABC-News story find was happening in Food Lion stores?
   
   
6. Could Food Lion prove the findings were false?
   
   
7. What was the basis of Food Lion's lawsuit against ABC-News?
   
   
8. What was the jury's verdict?
   
   
9. What was the jurors' rationale for the verdict?