While upton sinclair's the jungle exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry, the author initially wrote it in order to

The original purpose of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was to expose the unfair work practices experienced by poor immigrant laborers. Most of the work in the industry was being carried out by people with few political or legal rights to protest their poor working conditions and harsh treatment. However, the public was most focused on the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry.

besides the fact that abraham lincoln abolished slavery, and greatly benefit black people, he had a heavy impact of the definition of what democracy was, and should be.

the colonial period, since this was a time of mass immigration from a variety of people from europe.