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The civil service system was created to put an end to which of the following?

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the spoils system

the spoils system

assassination

assassination

independent federal employees

independent federal employees

bureaucracy

bureaucracy

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the spoils system

The civil service system (e.g., the Pendleton Act of 1883) was created to replace patronage and political "spoils" hiring with merit-based hiring and job protection for federal employees.