Under the spoils system in federal and state government,
elected officials appointed supporters to key positions.
the most deserving people received government positions.
most government officials stayed in office from term to term.
democrats, not republicans, were appointed to key positions.

South carolina was so angry about the election of lincoln that they seceded from the union on december 20, 1860. they attacked fort sumter later, on april 12, 1861.

Economic success prussia had a very strong economy, partly due to the success of the zollverein. stronger prussian army king wilhelm wanted to build a bigger, stronger army but was blocked by the prussian landtag (parliament).-credits to google for putting answer -credits to slideshare for making answer-credits to me for putting answer on brain.ly