2. What was the main reason for the creation of the civil service system in the late 1800s? (1 point)
Government jobs should not be filled by employees who are in them for life.
Government jobs should be awarded to people who support the person in power.
Government jobs should be filled by people who take a test and are found to be qualified for the job.
Government jobs should be filled by people who can only do manual labor.

Historical vs today's presidents (compare)

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

The american public was excited by the invention of the railroad system. true false