Why Was the Spoils System Ultimately Replaced by the Civil

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why was the spoils system ultimately replaced by the civil service system?

• A) due to growing concerns about a poorly functioning federal bureaucracy
• B) due to public pressure to shrink the size of the federal bureaucracy
• C) due to a Supreme Court decision ruling the spoils system unconstitutional
• D) due to congressional demands for greater control over the federal bureaucracy

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Definitions:

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, all of whom are producing identical products, leading to no single participant having control over the price.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogeneous product, and freedom of entry and exit, leading to price taking behavior by all firms.

Long-run Equilibrium

Describes a state in a market where supply equals demand, with sufficient time for all factors of production to adjust and no external pressures.

Demand

The measure of a commodity or service consumers intend and are able to acquire at multiple price levels during a set time span.