AP US Government Chapter 14 Terms
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Bureaucracy - ✔✔a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization,
operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality
Patronage - ✔✔system in which jobs and promotions are awarded for political reasons
rather than for merit or competence
Pendleton Civil Service Act - ✔✔Passed in 1883, an act that created a federal civil
service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage
Civil Service - ✔✔A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and
the desire to create a nonpartisan government service
Merit Principle - ✔✔the idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams and
promotion rating to produce administration by people with talent and skill
Hatch Act - ✔✔a federal law prohibiting government employees from active
participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at
any time
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Bureaucracy - ✔✔a hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization,
operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality
Patronage - ✔✔system in which jobs and promotions are awarded for political reasons
rather than for merit or competence
Pendleton Civil Service Act - ✔✔Passed in 1883, an act that created a federal civil
service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage
Civil Service - ✔✔A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle and
the desire to create a nonpartisan government service
Merit Principle - ✔✔the idea that hiring should be based on entrance exams and
promotion rating to produce administration by people with talent and skill
Hatch Act - ✔✔a federal law prohibiting government employees from active
participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at
any time
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
