In Response to the Assassination of President Garfield, Congress Passed

question 3

Multiple Choice

In response to the assassination of President Garfield, Congress passed the _________, which established a merit- and performance-based system for federal employment.

• A) Merit System Act
• B) Pendleton Act
• C) Bryce Act
• D) Dawes Act
• E) Patriot Act

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Definitions:

Extension

The process or state of increasing in length, area, or volume, often referred to in geology as the stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust.

Subduction Zone

A region of the Earth's crust where one tectonic plate moves under another, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Arc

A continuous portion of a circle or other curved line, or in geological terms, a curved series of volcanic islands that form above a subducting plate.

Tectonic Terrane

A fault-bounded body of rock that has a different geologic history than adjacent regions.