Based on the excerpt, the Pendleton Act changed the way in which the government hired new employees, by people that wanted to work had to undergo a fitness test to see if the applicants are qualified for the job they applied for. Also, the offices, place, and employments arranged or to be arranged in classes that shall be filled by sections according to grade from among those graded highest as a results of such competitive examinations. Supporters of the Pendleton Act felt it was important because it solved problems that they were worried about, family living on the property, if the family made improvements to the land, then the family would own the land for free. Also the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887, took away the land from the Native Americans,
