Why did the Congress pass the Civil Service Act? A. They wanted to pay the government workers more. B. They wanted to control bribery and corruption. C. They wanted to keep employees on the jobs longer. D. They wanted to only hire certain types of people.
D.: Congress established the Pendleton Service Act, after the assassination of President Garfield our 20th president. The commission was created to administer the civil service of the United States federal government.
