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Ostrovityanka [42]
3 years ago
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What was the ”spoils system”?

Social Studies
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Mila [183]3 years ago
6 0
It is<span> a practice in which a </span>political party<span>, after winning an election, gives government </span>civil service<span> jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party as opposed to a </span>merit system<span>, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of </span>merit<span>, independent of political activity.</span>
scoundrel [369]3 years ago
4 0

The use of political jobs as a reward for party loyalty.


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