The civil service system encourages the hiring of people with high levels of skill and expertise and provides procedures for evaluating the qualifications and job performance of federal workers

Women were guaranteed the right to vote by __________

a. University of California Board of Regents v. Bakke b. Reed v. Reed c. the Nineteenth Amendment d. the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Advancement by merit is a characteristic of a ______.

a. judicial system b. private-public partnership c. bureaucracy d. legislature