Which of the following was not among the small but dangerous international crises the United States experienced in the 1890s?
a. A conflict with Germany over the Samoan islands
b. A near-war with Italy over the lynching of Italians in New Orleans
c. The Valparaiso crisis with Chile over the killing of two American sailors
d. A conflict with Japan over naval refueling rights at Midway Islands
e. A conflict with Canada over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands
Question 2
The purpose behind the spoils system was
a. to press those with experience into governmental service.
b. to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business.
c. to reward political supporters with public office.
d. to reverse the trend of rotation in office.
e. the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.
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