USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Jackson campaigned for president on the platform of government reform. As soon as he took office, he began removing supposedly incompetent civil servants and replacing them with friends and political allies. This became know as the spoils system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Approved on January 16, 1883, the Pendleton Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work. Following the assassination of President James A. Garfield by a disgruntled job seeker, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in January of 1883.

Detailed explanation-3: -What was the “spoils system” practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson? Rewarding supporters by giving them government jobs.

Detailed explanation-4: -spoils system, also called patronage system, practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term was derived from the phrase “to the victor belong the spoils” by New York Senator William L. Marcy, referring to the victory of Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828, with the term spoils meaning goods or benefits taken from the loser in a competition, election or military victory.