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spoils system
politicians practice of giving government jobs to their supporters
rotation in office
periodic replacement of officeholders
MIssouri Compromise
allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state Maine as a free state and banned slavery N of the 36 30 line
John Quincy Adams
a republican from Massachusetts who competed for presidency
Democratic Party
political party founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in the 1820's