<u>Answer</u>:
The Pendleton Civil Service Act intended to reform the federal hiring practices.
<u>Explanation</u>:
This act was to ensure federal employment based on merit rather than hiring based on affiliations with political parties. Following the widespread corruption and incompetence post Civil war, the public demanded civil service to be reformed.
All the citizens were to be given equal opportunity for employment for federal services regardless of their national origin, race, ethnicity, etc. This provided protection to the federal employees. It was also according to this act illegal to demote government officials for political reasons. A commission was formed to ensure the merit system.
A Caribbean country that was once a French territory is Jamaica
The north of the US did not want slavery while the south did want slavery. they had a war over it (the civil war) the north won and slavery was abolished.
Answer:
I believe the answer is c
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