The __________ led to the creation of a merit-based civil service system

Fill in the blanks with correct word


Pendleton Act

Political Science

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What piece of legislation aimed to ease the financial hardship of the Great Recession by providing for $575 billion in increased expenditures and $212 billion in tax cuts and rebates?

a. the Fiscal Cliff Act b. the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act c. the Economic Stimulus Act d. the Balanced Budget Certification Act

Political Science

Which one of these outcomes does Keynesian economics anticipate when government spending is increased?

  a. less private investment  b. increased consumption  c. higher taxes  d. greater deficits 

Political Science

The Second Continental Congress instructed the local colonial committees to do which of the following?

a. assert their continued loyalty to King George to avoid war b. organize a defensive multistate naval blockade of the Port of New York c. reconstitute themselves as state governments based on republican principles d. initiate trade agreements with other countries to replace the goods no longer available from Britain

Political Science

The (Ralph M.) Brown Act ensures that public meetings will be ______.

A. either held open or kept closed at the discretion of the city council B. open to the public, but there is no requirement that the time and place be advertised C. open to anyone, with advance notice of the meetings, and disclosure of the proceedings D. cancelled if at least 10 members of the public do not show up

Political Science