The correct answer is A) the assassination of President Garfield.
The event that triggered the Civil Service Reform of the 1880s was the assassination of President Garfield.
President James A. Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881, in Washington D.C. Garfield was the 20th President of the United States when was murdered by Charles J. Guiteau. The United States Civil Reform triggered by the assassination of President Garfield was the result of the demands of people that considered that the distribution of the many offices of the government after an election was partial, inefficient, and corrupt. They considered that the people that would occupy an office in the government should be qualified and experienced. So they demanded correct processes to select them.
