Question

Victorious candidates used the spoils system to give government positions to friends and supporters. But many of these people lacked the qualifications necessary for doing a good job.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

A. True

Explanation:

The Spoils System or patronage system was the name given to hiring and firing federal workers when the presidential administration changed and  President Andrew Jackson took the office in the 19th century. The suspicious nature of the president that there were many people in the government who are opposed to him, made him to make an official program where loyalist was hired in place of the earlier federal employees. President Garfield's shooting helped inspire the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act that civil servants should not be appointed or fired as a result of politics.