<span>Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews.</span>
Answer: (3) reward loyal political supporters.
Explanation:
The term "spoils system" was used by President Jackson's political opponents, who took a very negative view of his practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs. The origin of the term, however, came from one of Jackson's supporters. In a speech in the Senate, defending Jackson and his administration, Senator William Marcy of New York said, "To the victors belong the spoils."
Jackson's opponents bristled at that thought and continued to speak against what became known as "the spoils system."
Although the tenant/sharecropping system is usually thought of as a development that occurred after the Civil War, this type of farming existed in antebellum Mississippi, especially in the areas of the state with few slaves or plantations, such as northeast Mississippi.
Not all whites who emigrated to even the poorest parts of Mississippi in the years before the Civil War had the funds to purchase a farm. As a result, most of the men who headed these households worked as tenant farmers or sharecroppers. Many rented land from or farmed on shares with family members and typically received favorable arrangements, but some antebellum tenants or sharecroppers had to deal with landlords who were primarily concerned with making profits rather than helping struggling farmers move toward landownership.
Consider the sharecropping arrangement that Richard Bridges of Marshall County worked out with his landlord, T. L. Treadwell, in the 1850s. Treadwell provided Bridges with land, livestock, and tools; the landlord also advanced Bridges some food. Bridges grew corn and cotton, and at the end of the year, he had to give Treadwell one-sixth of the corn he grew and five-sixths of the cotton raised. From his share of the crop, Bridges also had to pay Treadwell for the use of the livestock and tools and for the food advanced. Obviously, Bridges worked the entire year primarily for the food he needed to live. He had no opportunity to make any money from this arrangement and accumulate the capital that would allow him to purchase his own farm.
Answer: Marco Polo
Explanation: Marco Polo (1254-1324) was a Venetian merchant at the height of the Mongolian Empire, believed to have traveled through Asia. He set out with his father and uncle at age 17 and traveled overland along what later became known as the Silk Road.
A. The 1912 election of Theodore Roosevelt
