Namely, his borderline corrupt introduction of the spoils system to the U.S. government, callous expulsion of Native Americans in the Removal Act of 1830 and destruction of the Bank of the United States which resulted in a financial crisis are grounds enough to scorn the inadequacy and desolation of Jackson's reign. ... Although Jackson insisted that this post-inaugural job shuffle was simply a "rotation in office," the scheme was dubbed "the spoils system" after Senator William Marcy's comment on the matter: "To the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.&...

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