Which of the Following Was NOT Key in Reducing the Prevalence

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT key in reducing the prevalence of the "spoils system," or patronage system, from American politics?

• A)Civil service reforms
• B)Direct primary elections
• C)Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment
• D)The Great Depression
• E)The growth of nonpartisan city elections

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Definitions:

Operating Income

Earnings from a company's primary business activities, excluding revenues and expenses from investments or other non-operational sources.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only allocates variable costs to inventory, treating fixed costs as expenses of the period.

Absorption Costing

A method of costing that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead - in the cost of a product.

Operating Income

Operating income is the profit realized from a company's regular business operations, excluding deductions of interest and taxes, as well as any gains or losses from non-operating activities.