Question

The event that brought the issue of civil service reform to the fore during the Gilded Age was _________________________.

• A. the Credit Mobilier scandal.
• B. a report in McClure's magazine chronicling the extent of the patronage system.
• C. a series of pointed cartoons by Thomas Nast.
• D. the assassination of President Garfield.
• E. the large number of civil servants fired by Democratic President Cleveland when he assumed office.

Answer 1

The correct option is D the assassination of President Garfield.

The event that brought the issue of civil service reform to the fore during the Gilded Age was the assassination of President Garfield. On July 2, 1881, less than a year after President James Garfield was elected the 20th president of the United States, he was shot by Charles Guiteau. It took the wounded president more than two months to succumb to his wounds; he died on September 19th, 1881.