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Henry Clay served as a Senator and a Representative from his adopted state of Kentucky. He was passionate about preserving the Union and pushed for the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
Reformers opposed the spoils system because it was inefficient and unfair.
Merit system
The spoils system derived from the Jackson Democratic party's victory in the 1828 election, for which they were rewarded
Political Patronage
Missouri Compromise was signed in 1820s. The Compromise of 1850 was signed in the 1850s
Henry Clay
Spoils system
spoils system
The spoils system.
the spoils system began in 1828
Henry Clay served as a Senator and a Representative from his adopted state of Kentucky. He was passionate about preserving the Union and pushed for the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
Spoils system
The Missouri Compromise only related to the territories acquired from France under the Louisiana Purchase. California was acquired much later, from Mexico. A few years later, it was proposed that the line of the Missouri Compromise should extend all the way to the Pacific. But if California had to remain as a single state, it was simply too big to fit the system. (If it had been admitted as two states - North and South California - war might have been avoided.)
The spoils system....
Reformers wanted to end the spoils system because people were receiving high salaries but doing no work in many cases.
The thieves shared the spoils from the town.