The Spoils System Is Defined as

question 73

Multiple Choice

The spoils system is defined as

• A)a group of federal employees who work for government through a competitive, not political, selection.
• B)a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
• C)a system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage.
• D)an agency that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations.
• E)an independent agency that oversees and protects merit in the federal government personnel system.

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Definitions:

Income

The financial return or earnings from work, investments, or property, typically measured on an annual basis.

Education

The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits through various means such as teaching, training, storytelling, discussion, and directed research.

Gestational Surrogate

A woman who carries and delivers a child for another person or couple, with the child being genetically unrelated to the surrogate.

Egg Donor

A woman who provides one or several of her eggs (oocytes) to another person or couple for reproductive purposes, usually as part of a fertility treatment process.