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How did Andrew Jackson’s Spoils System reward some of his supporters?

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His supporters advocated the spoils system on practical political grounds, viewing it as a way to reward party loyalists and build a stronger party organization. ... The spoils system opened government positions to many of Jackson's supporters, but the practice was neither as new nor as democratic as it appeared.

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