Question

Read the quotation from lincoln steffens’s the shame of the cities. "my purpose was...to see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to american pride." which of the following best describes steffens' purpose in writing about government? to encourage americans to feel more pride in their government to highlight corruption in city and state governments to arouse public sympathy for government officials to incite americans into a fiery revolt against their government

Answer 1

The choice which best describes steffens' purpose in writing about government is; to incite americans into a fiery revolt against their government.

The purpose of Steffens' writing

It follows from Steffens' quotation in the task content that;

• The government were involved in shameful acts which subsequently may spread out and in turn set fire to American pride.

On this note, it follows that Steffens' purpose was to incite americans into a fiery revolt against their government as Americans can't stand fire being set on the American pride.

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