Why Was the Spoils System Ultimately Abolished

question 85

Multiple Choice

Why was the spoils system ultimately abolished?

• 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 the diversification of federal bureaucracy following the Civil War
• E)due to congressional demands for greater control over the federal bureaucracy

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