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The Spoils System

The Spoils System. The Jacksonian Era. Definition: The act of replacing government employees with the winner’s supporters. The Spoils System. YES… Government employees (especially cabinet members) serve at the pleasure of the president. Is This Constitutional?.

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The Spoils System

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  1. The Spoils System The Jacksonian Era

  2. Definition: • The act of replacing government employees with the winner’s supporters. The Spoils System

  3. YES… • Government employees (especially cabinet members) serve at the pleasure of the president. Is This Constitutional?

  4. Jackson was perceived as a “common man” • Most government employees were people of property, position, and power. • Jackson replaced these people with “common men” Jackson’s Spoils

  5. YES… • Every president replaces the majority of the current cabinet members • Do they have to? • NO… • EX: President Obama kept Secretary of Defense Robert Gates who was appointed by George W. Bush Does This Still Happen Today?

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