During most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, appointments to the civil service were based primarily on <span>patronage</span>
I believe it is the XYZ Affair i'm not so sure but i do remember that this was one of my test questions and i got it right... but the wording was different
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What were the "cures" they had?
what were the early stages of the disease?
How was it spread?
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C.
Explanation: The reason of the downfall of the Dutch Republic can include the costs of the competitition with England for sea hegemony, the attacks from France and the involvemenet of the Republic in different conflicts with other nations.
The participation of the Dutch Republic in all those wars eventually led to a stalemate of the once richest nation of the world, thus, its competitors like France, had a perfect opportunity to invade it.
C. Enforcing immigration laws.
