Question

the men upon the killing beds meat - packing plants where animals were butchered felt also the effects of the slump which had turned marja out, but they felt it in a different way. . . . the big packers did not turn their hands workers off and close down, like the canning factories; but they began to run for shorter and shorter hours. they had always required the men to be on the killing beds and ready for work at seven oclock, although there was almost never any work to be done till the buyers out in the yards had gotten to work, and some cattle had come over the chutes. that would often be ten or eleven oclock . . . but now they would perhaps not have a thing for their men to do till late in the afternoon. and so they would have to loaf around, in a place where the thermometer might be twenty degrees below zero! . . . there were weeks at a time when jurgis went home after such a day as this with not more than two hours work to his credit - which meant about thirty - five cents. there were many days when the total was less than half an hour, and others when there was none at all. . . . - excerpt from upton sinclairs the jungle (1904) which of these was a result of the circumstances described in the passage? a many meat - packing plants were shut down due to inhumane working conditions. b factory conditions became safer very quickly due to workers complaining to factory owners. c often multiple family members were forced to work outside of the home due to low factory wages. d factory workers began to actively support capitalism because of its opportunity to earn more wealth than other economic systems.

Explanation:

The passage describes low - wage and irregular work hours for meat - packing plant workers. This likely led to multiple family members having to work to make ends meet. There is no mention of plants shutting down due to inhumane conditions (A), factory conditions becoming safer quickly (B), or workers actively supporting capitalism (D).

Answer:

C. Often multiple family members were forced to work outside of the home due to low factory wages.