How did the Pendleton Act reform the system of hiring and firing federal employees?
a. It required hiring and firing decisions to be based on partisan loyalty rather than merit.
b. It required hiring and firing decisions to be based on merit rather than partisan loyalty.
c. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of merit, but made firing federal employees easier.
d. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of partisan loyalty, but made firing federal employees more difficult.
b
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a) The testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, practiced by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. b) A proposal to test nuclear weapons underground and above ground simultaneously. c) Offensive nuclear weapons that could be launched from satellites that circulate in the atmosphere. d) A strategic defense initiative that could make the U.S. invulnerable to enemy missiles