Spoils System “To the Victor Goes the Spoils” President Jackson replaced many federal workers with his supporters Goal of the Democrats = shake up the federal bureaucracy They thought ordinary citizens could handle any government job Spoils System = practice of replacing government employees with the...
The Spoils System When Jackson became President, he gave government jobs to his supporters “To the victor go the spoils” Government jobs could now go to ordinary men To the common man The Spoils System Believed Government duties could be "so plain and simple" that offices should rotate among...