That some government jobs be filled on the basis of competitive exams
The 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 spoiled system
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established the merit based system of appointments which led to the decline of the spoils/patronage system. Instead of political affiliation government employees were selected by competitive exams and could not be fired based on political affiliation.
The new deal
The Pendleton Act, passed under President Alan Arthur, was the first step towards Civil Service reform in the US. The act was motivated, in part, by the assassination of President Garfield by a disappointed offiice seeker.
The civil service system is an employment system.
the spoiled system
The Pendleton Act
Pendleton act
The Pendleton Act provided for civil service reform by transferring a number of federal jobs from a patronage basis to a merit basis.
The Pendleton Act provided for civil service reform by transferring a number of federal jobs from a patronage basis to a merit basis.
Chester Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act and was fully behind the Act. Arthur did so because he wanted to increase federal jobs.
This would be the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
Civil Service reform in the form of the Pendelton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.Civil Service reform.Civil service reform.
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 stipulated that civil service would from there on in be based on merit rather than political appointment. Previously, people were given civil service jobs as political favors. The act established the selection of candidates through competitive written exams.
Civil service reform
patronage
Chester A. Arthur