Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down18
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareEABOD25@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker The link is one of the major reasons for reform against things like that. Teddy Roosevelt spearheaded the whole reform
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The link is one of the major reasons for reform against things like that. Teddy Roosevelt spearheaded the whole reform