The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in
a. a clean sweep of federal job holders.
b. the replacement of insecurity by security in employment.
c. the weakening of the political machines in American elections.
d. the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs.
e. the recruitment of many talented people from the working classes.
d
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The Platt Amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from __________
A) Guam B) Puerto Rico C) Philippines D) Cuba
One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was
a. McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. b. the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. c. McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. d. the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. e. the ability of Republicans to win the support of debtor farmers.
Francis Bacon's contribution to the Scientific Revolution can best be described as the
a. promotion of the potentially unlimited possibilities of empiricism. b. rediscovery of the importance of ancient thought. c. establishment of new scientific techniques and tools. d. founding of the Royal Society of London.