USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Politicians practice of rewarding their political supporters, family, and friends with government jobs was known as ____
A
patronage
B
the spoils system
C
both patronage and the spoils system
D
Trump-like
Explanation: 

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: -In some countries the term is used to describe political patronage or patronal politics, which is the use of state resources to reward individuals for their electoral support.

Detailed explanation-3: -: money and support that is given to an artist, organization, etc. The college relied on the patronage of its wealthy graduates to expand its funds. They thanked her for her patronage of the new hospital.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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