The ______ created the first U.S. Civil Service Commission to draw up and enforce rules on hiring, promotion, and tenure of office within the civil service.
a. federal civil service
b. merit system
c. spoils system
d. Pendleton Act
d. Pendleton Act
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. The number of parties in the legislature would decrease. B. The number of parties in the legislature would increase. C. The number of parties in the legislature would stay the same. D. There would be no parties or legislature in the system.
Of the following people, who could serve in the military under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy?
a. all gays and lesbians-- b. closeted gays and lesbians c. only those who were celibate d. only those who were straight
What was the Nuclear Freeze Movement?
What will be an ideal response?