The 1883 Pendleton Act, which attempted to reform the civil service, included all except which of these provisions?
a. it made federal appointments contingent on competitive examinations
b. it regularized job promotions on the basis of an employee's merit
c. "assessment" of federal employees was forbidden
d. it excluded women from seeking federal employment
D
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A) Battle of Wounded Knee B) Battle of Sand Creek C) Battle of Little Big Horn D) Fetterman Massacre E) "Trail of Tears"
In what way did the slave codes of the mainland British colonies ensure the continuity of the institution?
A) The codes were incorporated into the British constitution. B) The codes defined children born to slave mothers as slaves themselves. C) The codes drew upon Biblical themes to underscore their authority. D) The codes outlawed abolitionism. E) The codes required slavery to be accepted throughout the colonies.
Viking incursions into France finally made the weak king Charles the Simple cede to the Norse chieftain Rollo a portion of France later called
A) Alsace. B) Lorraine. C) Normandy. D) Burgundy. E) Paris.
Where did the name "California" originate from
a. the name of a Spanish queen b. the Chumash word for fertile land c. the name of a Native tribe d. the name of an Amazon queen in a fictional story