President James A.Garfield unwittingly helped the cause of civil service reform when he
A) mistakenly signed a legislative act enabling that reform.
B) was shot by Charles Guiteau,a disappointed office seeker.
C) made a series of speeches that appeared to endorse government reforms.
D) refused to speak out on standardizing the requirements for federal jobs.

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President Garfield's assassination by an unbalanced office seeker, Charles Guiteau, brought widespread public attention to the issue of civil service reform and prompted Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883.