The first modern governmental reform law, the Pendleton Act of 1883 enacted in response to the assassination of President Garfield, provided for
A. voting rights for blacks in the South.
B. civil service merit standards and procedures for government jobs.
C. a high protective tariff.
D. the breakup of monopolistic business.
Answer: B
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A) John Paul Jones B) Don Carlos Buell C) David Farragut D) Henry H. Sibley
The purpose of the Fourth Lateran Council was to ________
A. formalize church discipline throughout the hierarchy B. standardize the papal electoral process C. deny the doctrine of transubstantiation D. revise the measures agreed upon in the Third Lateran Council
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A. resignation of the cabinet B. majority controlled by Mussolini in the Chamber of Deputies C. failure of the king to authorize the army to block the Black Shirt March D. split between Mussolini and his former political allies before the march on Rome
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