3.6 Transforming the West

The includes federal jobs in the executive branch.

• spoils system

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• civil service

• gold standard

Bankers worried that abandoning the would weaken

the economy.

• spoils system

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• civil service

• gold standard

Under the , officials awarded government jobs to loyal

party workers.

• spoils system

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• civil service

• gold standard

The established an exam for prospective government

employees.

• spoils system

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

• civil service

• gold standard

What did political cartoonist Thomas Nast work to expose?

• the conspiracy behind James Garfield’s assassination

• the awarding of thousands of postal jobs in exchange for votes

• the illegal activities of “Boss” Tweed

• the secret deal behind the election of Rutherford B. Hayes

Which of the following encouraged President Arthur to pursue civil

service reform?

• adoption of the gold standard

• arrest of William “Boss” Tweed

• assassination of Garfield

• loss of thousands of postal jobs

The Coinage Act of 1873 caused protest by

• abolishing paper money.

• abolishing silver coins.

• minting gold and silver coins.

• overturning the gold standard.

Farmers opposed the gold standard because they claimed that it would

• cause high inflation.

• undermine the economy.

• make the currency unstable.

• cause crop prices to decline.

The open-range system of raising livestock was originally developed by

• American cowboys.

• Mexican vaqueros.

• Bat Masterson.

• Native Americans.

Homesteaders on the plains usually built homes of

• bricks.

• wood.

• stone.

• sod.