WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Requiring prospective government employees to pass a competency test before being hired or promoted
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Requiring prospective government employees to be endorsed by a U.S. senator before being hired or promoted
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Requiring prospective government employees to be endorsed by a U.S. representative before being hired or promoted
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Requiring prospective government employees to endorse by the president before being hired or promoted
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Detailed explanation-1: -Garfield’s assassination by a deranged office seeker amplified the public demand for reform. Civil service reformers established the National Civil Service Reform League and undertook a major public campaign for reform, arguing that the spoils system had played a major role in the assassination of Garfield.
Detailed explanation-2: -Approved on January 16, 1883, the Pendleton Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work. Following the assassination of President James A. Garfield by a disgruntled job seeker, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in January of 1883.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the spoils system, the winning candidate would dole out government positions to those who had supported his political party prior to the election. Although the Pendleton Act of 1883 made competency and merit the base qualifications for government positions, its effective implementation was slow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio sponsored a civil service bill in January 1883. (2) The bill called for the open selection of government employees, and created a Civil Service Commission. The bill also required that all job applicants pass a Civil Service Examination.