Me asap (8 points)

what is the main goal of the modern civil service?

a. to provide jobs for the unemployed

b. to eliminate the spoils system and other displays of patronage

c. to draft people into the military

d. to find and keep good employees in the federal workforce

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.

interest groups send representatives to state capitals and to washington, d.c. to put pressure on members of congress and other policymakers. they engage in lobbying, or the organized process of influencing legislation or policy. lobbying can take many forms. interest groups can testify in congressional hearings.