WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
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Civil Service Commission Testing and Placement Act
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Garfield Reform Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pendleton Act provided that federal government jobs be awarded on the basis of merit and that government employees be selected through competitive exams. The act also made it unlawful to fire or demote for political reasons employees who were covered by the law.
Detailed explanation-2: -spoils system, also called patronage system, practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pendleton Act is a federal law passed in 1883 reforming the civil service and establishing the United States Civil Service Commission. It ended the spoils system of political patronage and established competitive examinations for hiring civil servants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spoils system, also called patronage system is a practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.