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B) Federal hiring practices
The act was to reform the way the government hires workers, instead of being hired by having ties to politicians, they take competitive exams
Answer: ( D. It resulted in an immediate declaration of war by Congress. ) This is false because even though many Americans were angered because of the sinking of the Lusitania congress did not immediately declare war, it was only when Germany asked Mexico to declare war on America that President Wilson declared war on Germany.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860. It was called southern nationalism. Other states began to secede, however, no state had the right to secede but the federal government didn't have the power to stop them.
