State Enactment of Merit-Based Civil Service Systems Was Motivated by

question 12

Multiple Choice

State enactment of merit-based civil service systems was motivated by

• A) the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881 by an insane attorney seeking a political appointment.
• B) the scandals of Ulysses S. Grant's administration and the ensuing backlash against patronage.
• C) conditions set by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.
• D) conditions set by the 1939 amendments to the Social Security Act of 1935.

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