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What effect did the Pendleton act have on the system patronage?
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∙ 12y ago
It partly eliminated the patronage system.
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The Pendleton Act of 1883 significantly reduced the spoils system and patronage in the federal government by establishing a merit-based civil service system. This meant that government positions would no longer be distributed based on political affiliation but rather on qualifications and performance. The act aimed to combat corruption and ensure a more efficient and professional bureaucracy.
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Ending this was pendleton civil service act goal?
patronage
What the purpose of the Pendleton Act?
The Pendleton Act provided for civil service reform by transferring a number of federal jobs from a patronage basis to a merit basis.
What was the purpose of pendleton act?
The Pendleton Act provided for civil service reform by transferring a number of federal jobs from a patronage basis to a merit basis.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was designed to reduce patronage and was also known as?
Pendleton act
System of choosing federal employees on the basis of merit rather than patronage introduced by the Pendleton Act of 1883?
the Pendleton Act of 1883 also known as the magna carta. The Civil Service Commission actually chose the federal employees.
What ended the spoil system?
The law that ended the spoils system came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883
How the civil service system was reformed after the assassination of President Garfield?
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was passed soon after the death of Garfield. This act established the civil service system as a reform for the old political patronage system that had been used to fill government positions.
What could be a positive outcome of the assassination of James Garfield?
Civil Service reform; in 1883, the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was passed, as a tribute to Garfield, who had been a proponent of eliminating the patronage system and hiring people based on merit.
The Pendleton act of 1883 replaced the spoils system with?
Merit System
Can you identify and explain two ways the Pendleton Act of 1883 cahnged the American Bureaucracy forever?
it ensured specification for a job by removing use of the spoils (or patronage) system, also add permanency to the American bureacracy
What statement best describe the purpose of the pendleton act?
to reform the civil service system
Who rewarded party loyalty with political jobs?
This system is called the spoils system or the patronage system. In the United States this system was prevalent until at least the start of the 20th century. The Pendleton Federal Civil Service Act of 1883 was the first official act to begin to appoint officials based on merit rather than on political ties.
