The rationale for the civil service rests on the a. goal of centralizing government employment at the federal level. b. desire to create a nonpartisan government service and promotion on the basis of merit. c. General Schedule rating system for patronage appointees. d. need to separate military institutions from civilian institutions to prevent undue military influence. e. need for job replacements when a new party comes to power.

What is the main subject of this map? a. world war i in europe b. nazi aggression in europe c. world war ii in europe d. europe during the cold war

The arrival of the conquistadors affected every indigenous people group they encountered. in this activity, you will write letters from the point of view of an incan and a conquistador. research the topic on the internet or at the library before writing. each letter should contain at least two paragraphs and be at least eight sentences long. 1) you are an inca and the conquistadors have arrived in your village! write a letter to be sent to other incan villages. describe your thoughts about the conquistadors and how their arrival might change your life. 2) write a letter from the point of view of a conquistador meeting the incas for the first time. address the letter to your family back in spain.me! i would really appreciate it! my dog died this morning and we are trying to fill out a form for her. it would amazing if you could me on this.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?