is a hiring and promotion system based on knowing the right people, working in an election campaign, making large political donations, and/or having the right connections to win jobs with the government.

The correct answer to the following answer will be "The patronage system".

Explanation:

The patronage system will be where the party with the most votes gives one a federal job because they're a friend/member of the family as well as associate, whereas the system of competence is where it gives jobs based on qualifications: their understanding or experience of policy and where they will benefit the government.This is indeed a recruiting and recruitment mechanism that is focused on hiring the right candidates, participating in an electoral campaign, making significant political contributions or getting the correct contacts to win jobs.

A. would be the correct answer because when african americans moved from there to kansas they worked for the people they lived with