<span>The civil service system and the merit system both hired the </span>government workers, based on their examinations and qualifications.
I think that you just answered your own question in the question you asked.
<span>This is true. The republican party is the one that fought for a change and supported the end of slavery. The democrat party supported slavery and eventually the civil war came and the slavery era ended under president Lincoln who was a Republican until his assassination in 1865.</span>
Answer:
growing levels of government spending
