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• How did the civil service system attempt to reform
the spoils system?
• What is the difference between a civil servant and
a political appointee?
The Civil Service System
Understanding Concepts
Civic Participation How does the civil service
system provide access to government jobs?
Section Objective
Evaluate the effectiveness of the civil
service system.
During the New Deal, the total federal
government bureaucracy was smaller than
the number of people hired by just one
government agency. From 1935 to 1941,
an average of 2.1 million citizens who
needed jobs were employed by the Works
Progress Administration on various federal
projects. Not until 1978 did the federal
government bureaucracy grow to 2.1
million employees.
I. Civil Service System (pages 284–285)
A. Only 11 percent of all federal government
employees work in Washington, D.C.
B. Many federal employees work in offices
throughout the United States and the world.
I. Civil Service System (pages 284–285)
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• What are the advantages and disadvantages of bureaucrats
taking a greater role in
policy making?
Outlines might include: I.A. national growth, I.B. citizen’s demands, I.C. nature of bureaucracies
to perpetuate selves;
II.A. technology, II.B. international crises,
II.C. economic problems at home.
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