The passage of the Pendleton Act historically significant because it made the quality of someone's work the basis for hiring. <span>The </span>Pendleton<span> Civil Service Reform </span>Act<span> (ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403) is a United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation.</span>
The correct answer is D. Food Shortages.
For the second question the one that is incorrect is Choctaw
<span>A.
It included territory on five different continents.
- not true! only 3 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe
B.
It stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
- this is true! it touched the Atlantic in today's Portugal and the Red Sea in Egypt!
C.
It covered all of Central and Eastern Europe.
- it didn't reach that far
D.
It encompassed all of Africa and most of Asia. </span>- definitely not, it covered only the northern tip of Africa and only a small part of Asia.
The severe Russian winter was the major reason for Napoleon's defeat during his invasion of Russia in 1812.
