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Ending this was pendleton civil service act goal?
patronage
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.
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.
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
Did the Pendleton Act come before James A. Garfield was a assassinated?
Yes, the Pendleton Act was enacted on January 16, 1883, well before the assassination of President James A. Garfield, who was shot on July 2, 1881, and died on September 19, 1881. The Pendleton Act established a merit-based system for federal employment and aimed to reduce patronage and corruption in government jobs.
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.
Is the Pendleton act and the civil service commission closely related?
Yes, the Pendleton Act and the Civil Service Commission are closely related. The Pendleton Act, enacted in 1883, established a merit-based system for federal employment and aimed to curb the patronage system that had dominated government hiring. It created the Civil Service Commission to oversee the implementation of this merit-based system, ensuring that government positions were filled based on qualifications rather than political connections. This marked a significant shift towards professionalism and accountability in the federal workforce.
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
