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.

i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.

the dominoes began to fall. the surrender at appomattox took place a week later on april 9. while it was the most significant surrender to take place during the civil war, gen. robert e. lee, the confederacy's most respected commander, surrendered only his army of northern virginia to union gen. ulysses s. grant

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which empire had the greatest influence on the history and cultural development of russia?