Choose the correct answer The Civil Service Act of 1883

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Choose the correct answer The Civil Service Act of 1883 which made merit the basis for hiring and promotion among government jobs was passed in reaction to President Jefferson s cleaning house of Federalists when he took office O President Jackson s dismissal of more than 2 000 employees when he took office The early 1800s gridlock in government because of the incompetence of workers given patronage jobs The assassination of President James Garfield by a disappointed office seeker