Why was it important that civil service positions were not hereditary?

a.
so officials would be well-qualified

b.
so officials would be diverse

c.
so officials would not all know each other

d.
so officials would be well-traveled

answer:

it was important that civil service positions were not hereditary so that officials would be well-qualified. the fear was that if these positions were hereditary or inherited by a parent then officials would not really qualify for the position they inherited. there would be no requirements to serve except that their parent was previously an official. by not allowing this officials would be so {a officials would be well-qualified }

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when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.