Author Question: As described in the What Do You Think? box about the environment and the economy, environmental ... (Read 14 times)

tichca · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

As described in the What Do You Think? box about the environment and the economy, environmental regulation becomes __________ during periods of economic decline or uncertainty.

Fill in the blank with the right word.

Question 2

Discuss the evolution of the federal bureaucracy from the spoils system through the creation of the civil service system.

What will be an ideal response?

bpool94 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: unpopular

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the spoils system was popularized by Andrew Jackson and involved hiring and firing of government employees on the basis of loyalty to the party in power.
2. Discuss problems associated with the spoils system, including high turnover in agency personnel and the fact that the bureaucrats hired under the spoils system often lacked expertise.
3. Identify the catalyst for abolishing the spoils system, which was the assassination of James Garfield in 1881 by a disgruntled office seeker.
4. Note that the Pendleton Act of 1883 created a federal commission to oversee hiring on the basis of merit rather than partisanship.
5. Explain that the elimination of the spoils system was gradual rather than immediate.