This author's book, The Jungle, dramatized the frightful conditions in meat-packing plants in the early 1900s and helped pave the way for the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.

A. Huey Long
B. Upton Sinclair
C. Charles Dickens
D. Mark Twain
E. Sinclair Lewis

Answer: B

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Federal pay tends to be higher than or equivalent with private-sector pay. 2. Union relationships with the federal government are different from those with the private sector. 3. The term five-point veteran refers to the number of years that a veteran served in the armed forces that can be applied toward federal retirement. 4. Revolving-door restrictions allow federal employees to move easily between federal agencies and private-sector businesses with which they have conducted official government business. 5. Employees already holding career positions in civil service advance principally by reductions in force (RIFs).

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