Ch 25: 11-15

I. Chester Arthur Takes Command
1. After Garfield's death, Arthur took the new presidency.
• His political experience consisted of a spoils-man in Conkling sprawling New York political machine.
• When conklingite cronies came looking for favors he turned them down.
2. During Arthur's Era the Rep. party revealed an undetected enthusiasm for reform.
• Reps. lost control of the house in the midterm elections of 1882 and they feared even more control loss if they didn't cure the effects of the spoils system.
3. The Pendleton Act of 1883 was the so called Magna Carta of civil-service reform.
• This act prohibited at least on paper, financial assessments on job-holders; including lowly scrubwomen.
• This est. a merit system and a civil service commission charged with administrating competitive examinations for post in the classified service.
• By 1884 he had classified nearly 10 percent of the total; a century later about 90 percent of federal offices was......

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Title: Us History
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