The first modern governmental reform law, the Pendleton Act of 1883 enacted in response to the assassination of President Garfield, provided for
A. a high protective tariff.
B. civil service merit standards and procedures for government jobs.
C. the breakup of monopolistic business.
D. voting rights for blacks in the South.
Answer: B
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A) True B) False
What, more than any other factor, explains the stagnation of the Roman economy from the second century C.E. onward?
A) lack of technological innovation B) population grew too fast C) trade with China brought too much gold and silver into the economy D) too much reliance on manufacturing and too little on agriculture E) slave labor became too expensive
A large political role for the military in the post independence period was ensured by the
A) need to prevent or crush slave and indigenous revolts. B) danger of renewed Spanish efforts to reconquer its former colonies. C) militarization of the new states as a result of years of destructive warfare. D) legacy of military values inherited from Spain.
The Thomas Proviso opened ____________________ Territory to slavery
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word