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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Government agency organized to oversee railroad commerce.
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Civil Service Commission
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Government agency created by the pendleton act of 1883 to fill federal jobs on the basis of merit.
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Chester A. Arthur
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He worked with congress to reform the spoils system.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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An 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the U.S.
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Patronage
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The practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters.
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Merit
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The ability
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Civil Service
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All federal jobs except elected offices and those in the military.
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Gilded Age
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The period in American history lasting from the 1870s to the 1890s.
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Interstate Commerce
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A business that crosses state lines.
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