USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Civil service reform in the United States was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices-the “spoils"-by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Gilded Age, corruption and graft permeated every level of American politics. Campaigns promised patronage and civil service positions in order to win elections and access to infrastructure benefitted corporations over small-scale farmers. This corruption met various forms of resistance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The women’s suffrage movement was one of the major reform movements of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.

Detailed explanation-4: -Widespread corruption in the Gilded Age only gave way to civil service reform after President James Garfield was assassinated.