Pendleton Act (1883) and Resource Materials

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American History Civil Service Commission Civil Service Federal Government employment law primary source National Archives
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History-Social Science History
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Pendleton Act (1883) and Resource Materials

This resource group contains two facsimiles and a transcript of, and a background essay on the 1883 Pendleton Act. Approved on January 16, 1883, the Pendleton Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work.
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PBS Learning Media

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