The civil service system was created to

A) ensure equal partisanship in filling government jobs.
B) allow greater congressional control of the bureaucracy.
C) increase presidential control over the bureaucracy.
D) reduce the amount of politics in awarding government jobs.
E) discourage incompetent job applicants from seeking government employment.

D

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