The answer for question one is 55 the answer for question two is 75 and the answer for question three is this one
The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage. ... The Pendleton Civil Service Act provided for the selection of some government employees by competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation.
he Dunning School's interpretation not only shaped how historians viewed Reconstruction, but the public's view also. This can be clearly seen "with the many newspaper editorials written about it." (Option B)
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He believed that Reconstruction had harmed the South and that the deployment of the US Army to regulate state politics had infringed on American principles.
He believed that freedmen had shown incapable of self-government, necessitating segregation.
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South Carolina July 9, 1868
Florida June 25, 1868
Alabama July 13, 1868
