The "spoils system" refers to
A. giving out jobs as political rewards.
B. the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement.
C. making illegal payoffs to political supporters.
D. giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers.
E. parceling out federal land to the highest bidder.
A
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A) would not spread where it was unprofitable. B) could not exist without favorable local legislation. C) represented a moral and social evil. D) should be protected in the territories.
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