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Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.13
What was a primary purpose of the Pendleton Civil Service Act during the Gilded Age?
To provide free land in west for settlers
To establish a merit-based system for federal employment
To limit immigration from China into America
To ban monopolistic practices by businesses
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AP US History - 6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age
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