Civil service virtually ended the the spoils system. Civil service workers get their jobs through competitive examinations and keep them even though a new administration comes into power.
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That some government jobs be filled on the basis of competitive examsThe Pendleton Civil Service Act required that people wanting government jobs had to pass certain tests. These tests were called Civil Service Exams. The Pendleton Civil Service Act also made it illegal to fire someone for openly stating their political opinions.
The Confederates simply ran out of men, after Grant ended the system of prisoner-exchange.
Because the south was unhappy about the end of the civil war. Abraham Lincoln created amendments which gave rights to the slaves.
Grant's ending of the system of prisoner-exchange. It meant the Confederates were doomed to run out of men first.
The Civil War led to the end of Slavery.