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What is it called when the group that wins an election appointed its own unqualified people to the best jobs?
Spoils system
What is is called when the group that wins an election appoints its own unqualified people to the best jobs?
Spoils system
What ended the spoil system?
The law that ended the spoils system came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883
Under what system did old government workers get replaced when new officials came into power?
Spoils (apex)
The civil service system was created to put an end to what?
Civil service virtually ended the the spoils system. Civil service workers get their jobs through competitive examinations and keep them even though a new administration comes into power.
The describes the way elected politicians handed out jobs to people who had voted for them.?
spoils system
What is the practice of appointing supporters to political jobs known as?
The spoils system.
When did the spoils system begin?
the spoils system began in 1828
What was the practicing of replacing government workers with friends and supporters called?
The spoils system....
Why did reformers want to end the spoils system?
Reformers wanted to end the spoils system because people were receiving high salaries but doing no work in many cases.
How do you use spoils system in a sentence?
The thieves shared the spoils from the town.
The spoils system evolved as a way to?
The spoils system evolved as way to get the most money from government projects. Those who won the contracts felt as if they deserved the "spoils".
