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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.
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TaigaThe 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.
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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.
What created the Civil service system?
The federal civil service was started officially by law in 1871. In 1882, the Pendleton Civil Service Act stipulated that Civil Service employment was to be based on merit rather than at the whim of supervisors.
What statement best describe the purpose of the pendleton act?
to reform the civil service system
The Pendleton Civil Service Act attempted to reform the?
spoil system ;)
The Civil Service Commission was designed to do what?
decrease or to end the spoils system.
