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When was the spoils system first used on a large scale to reward campaign supporters?
not long after the nation's Founding
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What is the practice of appointing supporters to political jobs known as?
The spoils system.
What was the practicing of replacing government workers with friends and supporters called?
The spoils system....
In politics what is the spoils system?
The spoils system refers to the practice where a political party, after being elected, gives government jobs to its campaign workers as a reward. It is in contrast to the merit system, where government positions are filled on the basis of merit, independent of political activity.
The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters became known as?
The spoils system....
What is the spoil systems?
The spoils system was a practice where people were given government jobs on the basis of their political support. The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power.
The policy of rewarding campaign supporters with federal offices after victory in an election?
The Spoils System is the answer. Its name comes from the Roman saying "To the victors go the spoils." Andrew Jackson was the best known for this. It did not originate with him, though it has come to be associated with his name.
How can the spoils system be viewed?
The spoils system is the practice of giving public office to the supporters and friends of successful political parties. It can be viewed as a system of patronage.
Were the stalwart a strong supporters of low tariffs?
No, they supported the spoils system.
What were Andrew Jackson's campaign techniques?
The spoils system
What did Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs become known as?
It is commonly called the "spoils system" based on the adage that "to the victors go the spoils" (rewards from winning). It can also be called "political patronage" where jobs and public contracts are given to political supporters, and especially to contributors.
What advantages did the spoils system have over the merit system?
Probably the ONLY advantage the spoils system has over a merit system is to reinforce and reward loyalty to a political figure/party, which is ultimately a means of promoting and increasing the power of that figure/party.
Which President was the first to defend the custom of appointing supporters to federal office positions?
Andrew Jackson was the first president to be strongly criticized for this practice and so was the first to be pressed to actively defend it. He was the first President who not a member of the Eastern establishment and so he did considerably more "house cleaning" than his predecessors had done.
