C.Arthur 1881-1885

• pendleton civil service reform act 1883 


  established a merit system, governement jobs would be filled based off merit not someones politics
• arthur strenghtened the US navy by;


   sought the construction of steam-powered steel cruisers, steel rams, and steel-clad gunboats.
• in 1884 arthur signed the first federal law that allowed women to sue for divorce on grounds of cruelty or desertion
• the chinese exclusion act was passed in 1882 to prevent Chinese immigrants from entering the country
• the chinese exclusion act was passed in 1882 which banned all immigration from China until 1943
• arthur signed the first federal immigration law excluding criminals and the mentally ill