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.
The challenges to merchants in medieval periods were the bad state of the roads, the little security they offered to travellers, the extortions of all kinds to which foreign Medieval merchants were subjected, and the system of fines and tolls which each landowner thought right to exact, before letting merchandise pass through his domains, all created obstacles to the development of the Middle Ages trade and commerce and as a danger to the Mediaeval Merchant. Due to these dangers and obstacles , The Medieval Merchants Guilds was formed .
A Merchant Guild was an association of of traders. The Merchant Guild was able to negotiate with the lord and the trade levy became regulated. And because of this negotiation ,the merchants were able to demand as higher price as they wanted.The Merchant Guilds controlled the way in which trade was conducted in the towns and applied rules to the way in which trade was conducted. The members of the Merchant Guilds became very important members of the Medieval town community. The introduction of the Merchant guilds lead to its own hierarchy and involvement in civic duties. The power of the Merchant Guild members increased and they tended to be wealthier and of higher social status than the members of the craft guilds.
Answer:
Correct order is B, A, C, D
Explanation:
World War One began in 1914 but US did not join the war until 1917. It had significant impact on the war as it tipped the balance of war in the favour of the Allies.
Germany was the first country to introduce unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1915. The area around British Isles was declared a war zone by Germany. It was when Germans sank the USS Lusitania in 1915 that killed 1198 passengers, US government send a note to the German government demanding to stop the attacks.
Zimmerman telegram was intercepted and Deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, it instructed the German ambassador to Mexico to aid Mexico if it agreed to be a German ally in any US-German conflict. After this US officially declared war on Germany.
The fourteen points was the statement of principles for peace that was to be use for peace negotiations to end the first world war. He outlines the principle while delivering a speech on peace terms and war aims to the congress on January 8,1918.
Rosa Parks led the Montgomery boycott
