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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”

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I choose this one, Those words were spoken by Frederick Douglass in a speech in 1886, but they express a sentiment that could relate to most of the early nineteenth-century reform movements. Choose one of these reform movements and explain how Douglass’s statement applies to that movement. Include specific details about the reform movement’s origins, goals, obstacles, and advocates. would anyone be willing to help me for 25 points?

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How did the Pendleton Civil Service Act weaken the spoils system after President Garfield died?

The act forced federal employees to pass competitive exams.

The act said that federal employees could be fired for political reasons.

The act said that company contracts and kickbacks were illegal.

The act stopped the reform movement in its tracks.

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