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

The correct answer is letter B

Explanation: After reading the book excerpted above, President Theodore Roosevelt asked  the U.S. Congress to pass a law calling for closer regulation of food quality.

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

explanation:

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