Question

The Civil Service Commission ended the spoils system by

(A) allowing the president to off er supporters government jobs
(B) requiring anyone applying for a government job to take a competitive
exam
(C) forbidding the government from hiring employees who belonged to
the same party as the president
(D) cutting the number of jobs within the federal government
(E) not hiring people who were acquainted personally with the president

Answer 1

The Civil Service Commission ended the spoils system by "(B) requiring anyone applying for a government job to take a competitive exam," since this helped do away with much of the favoritism what had plagued government work in the past.