Spoils System
Nepotism
The practice of giving government jobs to friends and political supporters was known as the spoils system.
Patronage
The government is giving people money
In a political context is a diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict.
Andrew Jackson
Government policy also helped to spur growth by giving generous land grants to railroads and businesses and by placing high tariffs on imports.
political machine
Cronyism gives political appointments or government jobs to political friends. Conversely, nepotism refers to giving government jobs to members of the politician's family.
Nepotism is the term for what happens when an elected official gives good jobs to family members.
The spoils system
Giving or not giving money to foreign-policy plans
It was reward for political support,so offices went to political allies,not to those best able to do the job. Political corruption in high government in its most base form.