The impact that the spoils system had on the US Government was not good. It came into effect after Andrew Jackson awarded government positions to his supporters in the election of 1828. Many important positions in the government were held by nobodies who had little or no experience it politics.
To grow larger and more powerful. They didn't have to pay people to work so they were able to keep to money and continue to buy more land and grow.
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Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government, while taking too much power away from state and local governments. Many felt that the federal government would be too far removed to represent the average citizen.
