The “spoils” of the spoils system, which was established in the late 1820s, were
a).government jobs taken from a current president’s opponents and given to supporters.
b).government jobs taken from a current president’s supporters and given to opponents.
c).presidential vetoes for legislation that the president did not personally or politically support.
d).presidential vetoes for legislation that the president did not spearhead or introduce.

The correct answer is A) government jobs taken from a current president’s opponents and given to supporters.

The “spoils” of the spoils system, which was established in the late 1820s, were government jobs taken from a current president’s opponents and given to supporters.

The spoil system was a common patronage system in the 1820s in the United States. It worked this way, The winning party in the election appointed workers and supporters of the campaign to government offices and governmental posts. Instead of appointing knowledgable people with experience to work in government and deliver results that helped the people, the jobs were given to campaign workers and supports in exchange of favors.

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explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.

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