What Prompted Congress to Pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform

question 8

Multiple Choice

What prompted Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883?

• A) The federal bureaucracy had grown too large under the system of patronage.
• B) The spoils system bred corruption and inefficiency within the federal government.
• C) After the Civil War, the entire government was overhauled, including the federal bureaucracy.
• D) Congress wanted to go back to working with well-educated people from the upper classes.

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