What did the spoils system refer to? O meritocracy in the civil service
o the appointment of friends and political supporters to government positions
o the creation of new foreign policy after an election
o the bipartisan work of Congress

Well, by looking at your question and also your answers that you have provided your answer to your question is going to be choice a) protestants.this is because they had been a member of or follower of any of the western christian churches. these churches had been separated  from the roman catholic  church and they follow the principles  of reformation, and baptism, and also the luthern churches, and finally  the  presbyterian.i hope this mark me as brainiest