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The advantages of the civil service system was that getting a job in office was not determined by heredity. That is to say: If your dad was the king, and you were a bad ruler, you might be kicked out of power by someone who can actually rule if a civil service system was in place.
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The primary motive behind the creation of the Civil Service System was to?
The Civil Service System was created to improve the quality of federal workers. Prior to the implementation of the system, employees were mainly selected as a reward for political favors. This resulted in people who were really not qualified to do their jobs. The Civil Service System assured the right candidates for the job.
Why was the civil service system created?
The federal civil service system was created in order to improve the quality of federal employees. Before the civil service system, employees of the federal government were hired or fired, promoted or demoted, on the basis of favors owed to political supporters (the "spoils system") and not on the basis of their ability to do the job. Some of those appointees did not have the ability to do their jobs while others did not even try, knowing that they would not be fired no matter how poor a job they did. The spoils system was at its worst, many feel, during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877). The civil service system, begun in 1883, required that applicants for a new job or a promotion take a competitive exam, and decisions about hiring were required to be made on the basis of the exam results. The assassination of President Garfield in 1881 by a disappointed office-seeker brought added attention to the problem of having the President appoint so many positions and provided new motivation to look for an improved system for placing people into federal government jobs.
What is the practice of government employment based upon competitive examination and merit?
civil service system
Is a government position given to a person as a reward for his or her service to a political party called a patronage job?
Is a government position given to a person as a reward for his or her service to a political party called a patronage job? *it is called the SPOILS system*
What was the impact of the pendleton civil service act 1883 on the spoils system was limited by the fact that?
it did not cover state government positions
