Answer:
The correct answers are:
1. D : conscience;
2. B : bad,
3. D : ship,
Explanation:
The first answer requires a semicolon because we have two separate sentences, this is, two independent clauses, and in this case, we use the semicolon to connect them.
The second answer requires a comma as we have an appositive that does not provide essential information, so we separate it with a coma to designate additional information and maintain the structure of the sentence complete and clear.
The third answer requires a comma before the conjunction <em>or </em>because the rest of the sentence means the same as what precedes it. In this case, we use a comma as a sign of equivalence, to clarify that pirate ship is equivalent to a troop of brigands.
Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell and Frank Norris were amont the first journalists to publicize immoral, corrupt practices of large industries during the Progressive Era.
Upton Sinclair was an American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1904, Fred Warren, editor of the socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason, commissioned him a report on the bad practices of the food industry that would become the novel The Jungle, an unprecedented sales success and a huge international commotion. As a consequence, President Theodore Roosevelt received the author in the White House and put in place laws to ensure the quality of food for human consumption.
Ida Tarbell was an American professor, writer and journalist, considered one of the main "muckrakers" of the Progressive Era. She is known for her research on John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company; her investigations exposed the unfair monopolistic practices carried out by the company until the Supreme Court decided to dissolve the monopoly.
Frank Norris was an American correspondent and novelist. Between 1895 and 1896, he worked as a correspondent in South Africa. Between 1896 and 1897, he was assistant editor of the San Francisco Wave. During the Spanish-American War, Norris was a correspondent in Cuba for McClure's magazine, being critical of American interventionist policies in the war.
