The "spoils system" refers to
A. giving out jobs as political rewards.
B. giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers.
C. parceling out federal land to the highest bidder.
D. making illegal payoffs to political supporters.
E. the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement.
Answer: A
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