Andrew Jackson was criticized for replacing most of the people that had worked for the past administration with his own men. I suspect that previous presidents did the same thing but perhaps to a lesser extent . Jackson had fewer ties with the previous administration than did the presidents before him.
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Andrew Jackson used the spoils system. While presidents before him chose the best people for their cabinet, Jackson chose the people who helped him win the election. This unofficial group of advisors were called the "Kitchen Cabinet". The spoils system was the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
Reformers opposed the spoils system because it was inefficient and unfair.
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The spoils system derived from the Jackson Democratic party's victory in the 1828 election, for which they were rewarded
James Garfield was the president who worked to limit the spoils system and was later assassinated.
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James Garfield was the president who worked to limit the spoils system and was later assassinated.
James Garfield tries to limt the spoils system by reforming civil service.
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A spoils system is when a president replaces people on government, and hire people that will agree with your political stands. AKA your friends, and so forth.
The spoils system flourished under President Andrew Jackson, who allowed the US government to become a collaboration among political cronies. Under the spoils system, minority parties are often ignored and kept powerless.
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