USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Andrew Jackson introduced the spoils system to the federal government. The practice, epitomized by the saying “to the victory belong the spoils, ” involved placing party supporters into government positions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mugwumps were a faction in the GOP (Grand Old Party, another name for the Republican Party) that advocated honesty in government and an end to machine politics and political favoritism in federal employment, also known as the spoils system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although President George Washington based most of his federal appointments on merit, subsequent presidents deviated from this policy. By the time Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, the “spoils system, ” in which officials rewarded political friends and supporters with government positions, was in full force.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Spoils system is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory. I do not believe that this was an acceptable practice.