JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Giving cake to everyone who voted for you
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The process of becoming the President of the United States
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Allowing individuals the freedom to produce and buy most goods and services
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The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
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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: -Source 3: The spoils system was instituted by Democratic President Andrew Jackson. “To the victor goes the spoils” meant that every government job belonged to the party in power. This drawing was meant to depict Jackson’s decision-making in appointing members of his party to government positions.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.