<u>Patronage, or spoils system, allowed people to work on jobs they were not qualified for.</u> The misuse of influence gave jobs to friends and family instead of skilled workers, which contributed to government incompetence and fraud. It wasn't until 1883 that the Pendleton Act put the patronage system to an end and a merit-based system was established.
Answer: This excerpt is from the book The Great Gatsby written by written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
In the book, the indication that Tom and Daisy are closely linked despite their marital difficulties is that Tom and Daisy are both quite set in their ways, are so used to wealth and living a luxurious life. They both belong to the "secret society", and do not associate much with the lower class.
The correct answer is D. Cold War.
Explanation
In the image, you can see a bear representing the Soviet Union or Russia crushed by a rock that has the word "capitalism" inscribed. This image refers to the Cold War, the confrontation that pitted the Soviet Union under the socialist government against the United States under the capitalist government. During this period these two powers did not face each other in a warlike way, but they did participate in a world divided into two blocks and a scientific race to reach the moon. Also illustrated in the image are other rocks with words like "Truman Doctrine" and "Marshall Plan" that were the US plans to weaken socialism globally and capitalism was the "rock" that ultimately defeated that bear (Russia or the Soviet Union) ending the Cold War. So the correct answer is D. Cold War.
