11: because more railroads= more supplies moving quicker
12: because if you have more money you can buy more guns and ammo plus Pay more troops
14: Disease and lack of food killed the troops
15: They also had many more troops than the south so even though they lost 100,000 more they could bring more troops faster than the south could
They were both used to control the population of a certain demographic in the area and/or racially cleanse these areas
- It ensured that personal qualifications and experience were the primary factors in distributing government jobs.
- It created more efficient government by ensuring that government employees were loyal and cooperative.
Spoil system or trophy system is the name given to the North American model for the appointment of new teams after the election of a president, having been instituted by Andrew Jackson in the first quarter of the 19th century.
According to Max Weber, it is a question of the attribution of all federal administration posts to the following of the victorious presidential candidate.
From then on, the party arises as a simple organization of job hunters, without any conviction.
It is equivalent to our jobs for the boys. It is in this sense that Bailey considers politics as a game in which competitors compete in an arena aiming to win trophies.
