In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (cronyism), and relatives (nepotism) as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for them.
NATO was against communism. Warsaw pact was for communism.
Internment of Japanese Americans. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast.
Andrew Jackson's presidency (who relied on the counsel of close friends ... presidents usually don't rely heavily on the advice of the formal cabinet. They are aware that department heads are often more responsive to the ... Congress loses leverage
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who, in 1498, became the first European to land on the Indian coast
