Which of the following organizations was created by the Pendleton Act to administer entrance exams for the federal civil service and set standards for promotion based on merit?

A) The Foreign Service
B) The Federal Trade Commission
C) The Civil Service Commission
D) The U.S. Merit System
E) The Executive Service

Civil Service Commission

A government body charged with overseeing the hiring and management of federal government employees to ensure a merit-based, non-partisan civil service.

Pendleton Act

Legislation passed in 1883 that established the United States Civil Service Commission, which ended the spoils system and made merit the basis for hiring and promoting in the federal service.