What event served as a catalyst for the creation of the Pendleton Act (1883)?
a. the growth of the Republican Party in the 1880s
b. the expansion of the federal bureaucracy in the 1880s
c. the assassination of James Garfield in 1881
d. the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876
c
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Since the 1940s, a(n) ______ system of selection has been proposed for Texas judges by the bar association
A) affirmative action B) merit C) nonpartisan election D) quota E) initiative
Initially, the question of who could vote was left up to
A) the states. B) the president. C) Congress. D) the Supreme Court. E) the House.
In authoritarian regimes today, legislatures are usually
a. free and independent b. allowed to operate according to their will c. restricted in what they can say or do d. nonexistent
Which of the following is a right specified in the original drafted Constitution?
a. trial by jury in the national courts b. freedom of speech c. right to bear arms d. freedom of assembly