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title: "Did the spoils system make Andrew Jackson a hero or tyrant?"  
description: "Did the spoils system make Andrew Jackson a hero or tyrant?"  
author: "tasman Johnson"  
published: 2018-04-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40560/did-the-spoils-system-make-andrew-jackson-a-hero-or-tyrant  
category: "usa history"  
tags: ["the constitution and founding fathers"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Did the spoils system make Andrew Jackson a hero or tyrant? 

Did the [spoils system](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41716/what-happened-to-president-garfield-because-of-the-patronage-spoils-system) make [Andrew Jackson](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43047/why-was-andrew-jackson-called-the-people-s-president) a hero or tyrant? \
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