Question

What is the Spoils System?
A. A system in which people in positions of power are given perks and benefits as a way to bribe their support
B. A system in which people in positions of power are paid to grant offices to certain people
C. A system in which people in positions of power grant offices to supporters or friends
D. A system in which supporters are paid to vote a certain way in elections

Answer 1

“They boldly preach what they practice. When they are
contending for victory, they avow [state] the intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they
are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a
matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to
the victor belongs the spoils [loot] of the enemy.”
—Senator William Learned Marcy, speech before Congress, January 1832
Critics, however, denounced the use of political jobs as a reward for party loyalty,
a practice they called the spoils system.
I would go with C.