The Spoils System Under Andrew Jackson Resulted in

question 50

Multiple Choice

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 destruction of the personalized political machine.
• D) the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs.
• E) the same actions of those taken by John Quincy Adams.

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