The Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was enacted to replace political patronage with a new _____________ based on open, competitive examinations for the federal government's selection, retention, and promotion practices.

The text suggests that in the United States, no government at any level would be considered legitimate if it were not in some sense

A. democratic. B. altruistic. C. humanitarian. D. elitist. E. aristocratic.

Based on the text, the Monroe Doctrine

a. stated that the United States would stay out of the economic and political affairs of Latin America and Europe if all other states made the same pledge. b. contended that the United States had rights and interests in the Western Hemisphere. c. rejected the isolationist sentiment toward Europe that Washington had announced some twenty years earlier. d. suggested that American intervention into European affairs may be necessary to stop the continuous wars in that region of the world. e. Both options B and D are true.