it did not cover state government positions
it required hiring certain federal employees because of expertise, not political connections , novanet !!
Merit System
U.S. politics would have been more corrupt and U.S. service commision woulve been in the spoils systems
With the civil service commission, jobs went to those who were best qualified, rather than to those with certain political views. - See more at: http://www.chacha.com/question/how-did-the-civil-service-commission-help-to-eliminate-the-spoils-system#sthash.jWJdnv06.dpuf
The federal civil service was started officially by law in 1871. In 1882, the Pendleton Civil Service Act stipulated that Civil Service employment was to be based on merit rather than at the whim of supervisors.
it did not cover state government positions
the spoiled system
It reduced the powers of the spoils system.
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It required hiring certain federal employees because of expertise, not political connections.
it required hiring certain federal employees because of expertise, not political connections , novanet !!
it required hiring certain federal employees because of expertise, not political connections , novanet !!
No- the Pendleton Act was designed to replace the spoils system of appointing federal officials by using merit based on test scores to make appointments .
The law that ended the spoils system came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883
Merit System
No, the spoils system was based around corruption. In general there wasn't much anyone could do to reduce corruption, it was a corrupt government.