JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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The Spoils System
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The old democratic party
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Male Suffrage
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Political parties give government positions to its supporters as a reward for working toward victory
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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: -Political patronage can sometimes include the exchange of money for political support. For example, if Mr. Corgan was running for President of the United States and told you he would give you $1, 000 if you publicly endorse him, he would be engaging in political patronage.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another name for the Patronage bureaucracy is the “spoils system”. Its traditional home has been the U.S.A. through patronage had full sway even in the U.K., till the middle of the 19th century when public jobs were given as a personal favor or political award.
Detailed explanation-4: -A group of people who come together to hold power and form government by contesting and winning elections is known as a political party. A political party has three components – followers, active members of the party, leaders. Partisanship is involved in parties and they are part of the society.