The Pendleton Act of 1883:
A) outlawed the use of literacy tests in the South.
B) established a merit-based civil service system.
C) established the doctrine of "separate but equal."
D) set aside lands in southern states for the creation of agricultural colleges.
Answer: B
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A) led the Eisenhower administration to suspend atmospheric nuclear testing. B) led to American and Soviet cooperation on disease eradication around the world. C) was the name of a U-2 reconnaissance plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. D) sparked the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency.
The draft of the Declaration of Independence that was revised by the Continental Congress was written by
A) ?John Adams. B) ?George Washington. C) ?Patrick Henry. D) ?Thomas Jefferson. E) ?Thomas Paine.
The placement of the national capitol on the boundary of Virginia and Maryland came about in a compromise to obtain enough votes to:
A) ratify Jay's and Pinckney's treaties. B) pass the Alien and Sedition Acts. C) ratify the Bill of Rights. D) pass Hamilton's state debt assumption plan.
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson's day when he
a. stopped having formal cabinet meetings. b. appointed a black man to the Supreme Court. c. endorsed woman suffrage. d. personally delivered his presidential State of the Union address to Congress. e. failed to write a presidential State of the Union address to be read by a clerk to Congress.