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