An initial consequence to the patronage system was to make the American bureaucracy ______.
a. more impartial, neutral, and driven by standard operating procedures and technical expertise
b. more independent from the legislature with regard to individual merit and qualifications
c. less dependent on the president with regard to who is chosen and the position they received
d. more partisan based, particularly with the appointment of members of the president’s party
a. more impartial, neutral, and driven by standard operating procedures and technical expertise
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a. the founding of the republic. b. isolationism. c. expansion of the Western Hemisphere. d. two world wars. e. globalization.