A young person may wanna become an apprentice to learn and or gain information about something they like or something they want to do for a job when they are older.
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A is the correct answer.
The Pendleton Act was designed to make sure that people in government were actually qualified for their jobs and just not there for patronage.
Patronage was a great way for the Executive branch to get stuff done, so it had an impact.