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The spoil system, also known as patronage, refers to the practice of a political party rewarding its supporters with government jobs and positions after winning an election. This system was notably employed by President Andrew Jackson in the 1820s, who believed that government roles should be filled by loyal party members rather than career bureaucrats. While it aimed to democratize government by encouraging broader participation, it often led to corruption and inefficiency, as appointments were based more on loyalty than merit. The spoil system was eventually challenged and diminished with the introduction of civil service reforms, particularly after the Pendleton Act of 1883.
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The practice of conferring a political office on people for political reasons rather than their qualifications for the office is called what?
The Spoil 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.
What is the spoil system in government?
what is the spoils system
Is the spoil system legal?
no
What was the spoil system which allowed president Jackson to reward his supporters?
the spoil system was when the president gives his voters government jobs.
Andrew Jackson spoil system?
Jackson didn't start the spoil system but did highly encourage it. When Jackson became president he strongly suggested that the theory of rotation in office by potential appointments declaring it a leading principle in the republic creed(A system of Christian or other religious belief; a faith).
What was good and bad about the spoil system?
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Why was the spoils system was an acceptable practice?
the spoil system was the practice of giving government jobs to political backers. it gave voters the job of the cabinet. during the Jacksonian era they were called the kitchen cabinet because they met in the kitchen sometimes(no joke i took this out of a textbook). i do not think it was acceptable because they might have given jobs to the non educated or gave the wrong job to the wrong person.
What is a spoil system and how did Jackson use it?
it is a physical change.
Do Sentences with the word spoil system?
Yes it is cool
Who used the spoil system during the presidency?
Andrew Jackson
What was the primary spoil in the spoils system?
positions in government office
