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    The Spoils System The spoils system‚ a term usually used derisively‚ identifies the practice of elected officials who appoint loyal members of their own party to public office. President Jackson was accused of initiating the spoils system when he was elected to the presidency in 1828.the name supposedly derived from a speech by Senator William Learned Marcy in which he stated‚ "to the victor belong the spoils”. Spoils system is a practice of giving appointive offices to its voters as a reward

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    The "spoils system"‚ a system for appointing government officials‚ was first used by Andrew Jackson. This system allowed newly-elected presidents to replace officeholders with people who supported them. For example‚ Jackson replaced some of his cabinet members‚ so his cabinet would be more in favor of the decisions he made before those policies went into effect. Most of his cabinet members resigned and were replaced‚ however‚ because the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton was judged for her moral

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    seventh President of the United States. Jackson was one of the candidates for the election of 1825‚ but lost due to the lack of majority votes. He was President from 1829 to 1837‚ during that time; he used Pocket Veto‚ then he came up with the Spoils System‚ another thing he did was create two different political parties‚ the Republican Party‚ and the Democratic Republicans. Andrew Jackson used Pocket Veto a total of twelve times. One of the few he used it on was for the Second Bank of the United

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    Prison systems have used an immense amount of capital to fund recreation for inmates. America uses more than $74 billion annually for recreation and the upholding of prisons (Godard‚ 2005). There is a push for the economics of prison recreation to be further analyzed to evaluate the pros and cons of enhanced funding. In America‚ more inmates being admitted to prison brings forth larger revenue for contracted businesses such as construct facilities‚ security‚ transportation‚ and other livelihood

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    Clearly‚ Andrew Jackson was and always will be an infamous president. This is because he implemented the spoils system. He also acted very inappropriately during the petticoat war (Eaton Affair). Lastly he acted very un-president like with the Indian Removal Act. In the end‚ Andrew Jackson was a terrible president for performing many despicable actions. Additionally‚ the spoils system was a very infamous action by Jackson‚ it was very greedy of him because it gave him more supporters. The

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    modern world‚ health care systems have become very expensive for every individual to afford. There has also been a lot of difficulty in acquiring qualified staff to work in the health facilities. More so‚ the health care systems have been continuously revised and technology has greatly influenced the improved health services. However‚ technology has also raised the cost of living thereby leaving people stranded in acquiring proper Medicare care. As such‚ the reimbursement systems have been incorporated

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    I think that enclosure has its pros and cons. The benefits from enclosure will help some of us only. If we enlcose land‚ the strips which are combined into larger bloscks may be more productive than before. We will get more food. We could grow what types of crops we want. The roads may also get better as we would have to travel to our blocks of lands. There might be less weeds growing as we would use all the fields. However‚ enclosure is bad for some. The poorer farmers will end up selling their

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    could have helped the U.S. a lot by saving us from debt‚ using the spoils system while he was a president‚ and creating the Indian Removal act‚ which made him look abusive‚ mean‚ and like a killer. So president Andrew Jackson should not be admitted into the Presidents hall of fame. The Second National Bank was originally supposed to manage the county’s debt‚ Imagine

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    1824‚ that one of the first policies he challenged was the Electoral College. He believed the president should be elected by the majority of popular vote not electoral vote. He never succeeding in changing that‚ but he did create a new system known as a spoils system. This is a practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs. In other words‚ if you help me get elected I will give you a comfy government job with a big paycheck! Jackson argued it was a way to provide average citizens a chance

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    Criminological Perspectives: Assessment on Laojiao System in China Introduction Punishment‚ prisons and incarceration play critical roles in our contemporary societies despite much criticism on their effectiveness of rehabilitation[1]. In China‚ there is a punishment system “Re-education through laboring” (Laojiao) enabling the police to sentence people who have committed minor offences to prison-like facilities without trial[2]. Reformed-minded law makers‚ judges and scholars both in China

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