NianaRosser

PennState
December22,2015

ShouldAndrewJacksonbeonthe$20Bill?
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United StatesofAmerica.Hedidmanythingsto
help America and the government. He helped win the Battle of NewOrleansinthewarof1812which
made him famous. When he was president he increased federal power in the government. Andrew
Jackson expanded voting rights to the common man whichwasawhitemaleanditdidntmatterifhe
was rich or poor. Many Americans called him the Peoples President. I dont agree with people
calling him aPeoplesPresidentbecausehewasagainsttheNativeAmericans andAfricanAmericans.
If he was a the Peoples President, he wouldnt be against anyone of any color. Andrew Jackson
should be taken off the $20 bill because he took advantage of his veto power, went against the
Constitution, ignored the ruling of theSupremeCourtinGeorgiav.Worcester
,andcausedtheTrailof
Tears.
Andrew Jackson doesnt deserve to be on the $20 bill because he took advantageoftheveto
power. According to History Central.com, Jackson used his vetoing power extensively. He vetoed
more bills in histermofofficethanallthepreviouspresidentsputtogether.Thepresidentwasgiventhe
veto power to decide whats right for the citizens and he took advantage of that for his own benefits.
ManycalledhimatyrantbecauseofthisandIagreewiththem.Oneofthethingsthathevetoedwasthe
2nd National Bank which caused a depression later on. Therefore, he shouldnt be on the $20 bill
becausehetookadvantageofthevetopower
PresidentJacksonshouldbereplacedbysomeoneelseonthe$20becausehewentagainstthe
Constitution.HealsoignoredtheSupremeCourtrulingin
Georgiav.Worcester.
Georgiav.
WorcesterwasacasewheretheUSSupremeCourtvacatedtheconvictionofSamuelWorcesterand
heldthattheGeorgiacriminalstatutethatprohibitednonNativeAmericansfrombeingpresenton

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December22,2015

NativeAmericanlandswithoutalicencefromthestatewasunconstitutional,accordingtoWikipedia
Worcesterv.Georgia.ThisjustmeansthattheSupremeCourtrelievedthechargesofSamuel
WorcesterandthatGeorgiamakingpeoplegetalicensetobeonNativeAmericanlandwas
unconstitutionalandwasntfair.JacksondidntcarehestillletGeorgiadowhattheywanted.You
cannothaveapresidentthatissupposedtoenforcethelawwhenhedisregardsandignoresthelaw
himself.The$20billissupposedtorepresentpastpresidentsthatshowthehonorofAmericaand
AndrewJacksondoesntshowit.

NativeAmericanswereviewedassavagesandcivilizedthereforeAmericansthoughtthe
CherokeeIndianswereaproblemthattheyneededtogetridof.NativeAmericansdidnoharmto
anyonebutbecausetheyweredifferenttheywereaproblem.ThisisthebeginningoftheIndian
RemovalAct.ThereweresomeideasofhowAmericansandIndiancouldgetalong.EithertheIndians
becomecivilizedmeaningthattheybecomeaccustomedtoAmericanlifestylebybecomingfarmers,
Christian,learntoreadandwrite,ownland,andultimatelybecomeAmerican.Theotheroptionof
coursewouldberemoval.TheCherokeedidnthavemanychoicestheycouldeithervoluntarilymove
overthecourseof2yearsorbeforcedbythemilitaryatgunpoint.2,000migratedbut16,000stayed.
Iguessyoucouldalreadyfigureoutwhathappenedthegovernmentsent7,000troopstoforcethe
Cherokeeoutbybayonet.AndrewJacksonwasinfavoroftheActwhichwasbasicallyforcingIndians
fromtheirhomelandforthebenefitofourselvesinsteadofgettingalong.Whateverwasleftofthe
Cherokeewereleftwithalongjourneyaheadandnotmanysurvived.Thepaththattheytookwaslater
calledtheTrailofTears.TheytraveledtowhichisnowknownasOklahoma.Youngadults,children,
andoldpeopledied.

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PennState
December22,2015

Finally,thePresidentAndrewJacksonshouldntbeonthe$20billbecausehewasmorelikea
tyrantbytakingadvantageofthevetopower,wentagainstthegovernmentandConstitution,andalso
causedtheTrailofTears.Jacksoncausedadepressionbyvetoingthe2ndNationalBank.Hewent
againsttheConstitutionandgovernment.Youcannothaveapresidentthatissupposedtoenforcethe
lawwhenhedisregardsandignoresthelawhimself.TheTrailofTearsdoesntsoundverypleasantand
itwasnt,children,youngadults,andtheelderlydied.ThisiswhyAndrewJacksonshouldbereplaced
onthe$20bill.