Apex 3.4.1 Study – Flashcards
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Bureaucracy
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An organization of departments and offices that handles the business of a large organization
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The system of hiring government employees based on testable skills
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Civil service system
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Spoils system
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The process by which the political party that controlled state or federal government would fire the supporters of the other party and hire its own partisans instead
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Civil servants
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Federal employees hired on merit
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The independent agency that oversees the federal civil service system
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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Three characteristics of a bureaucracy
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Organized hierarchically Systems of rules Specialized components
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What did the Pendleton Act do?
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The Pendleton Act created the civil service system, which replaced the spoils system.
