The Assassination of Which President by an Unsuccessful Seeker of a Patronage

question 17

Multiple Choice

The assassination of which president by an unsuccessful seeker of a patronage position spurred passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act in 1883?

• A) President Ulysses S. Grant
• B) President Andrew Johnson
• C) President Rutherford B. Hayes
• D) President James Garfield
• E) President Chester Arthur

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