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Over time, the spoils system developed into the

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Over time, the spoils system developed into the: Political Machine System

In politics, a spoils system or patronage system is a practice where the winning party of an election gives its friends and supporters government civil related jobs, as a reward and incentive for working for the party. This created a lot of corruption in the US, the political machines developed thanks to this, and groups of people started controlling votes by using this spoils system.