They were awarded based on the spoils system
The spoils system was the idea that the victor takes the spoils of war, that is, the person who won the presidency can fire all employees that don't support him and put his own people into positions of power in federal agencies and organizations. After that, the merit system was introduced that ended this corrupt practice.
The two main types of sources historians use to gather information about
the past are primary and secondary sources. Primary sources refer to
such documents, experiments, accounts, recordings, etc. that provide
direct information about something. Secondary sources were created as
not a first-hand experience, so those are various historical books etc.
written by people who didn't actually experience all they were writing
about.
Answer:
Western Africa is made of mostly plains
It would be the north american Free trade agreement