spoils system: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Khan Academy - The spoils system, Bank War, and Trail of Tears. Feb 03, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The spoils system, Bank War, and Trail of Tears. Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system". Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Political Patronage. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Theories of Spoils System. Dec 07, 2023
Media added. May 13, 2020
Corrected display issue. Apr 26, 2018
Added new Web site: United States History - Spoils System. Dec 29, 2008
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Spoils System. Dec 29, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Encyclopedia - Spoils System. Dec 29, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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