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BriannaRogers

December21,2015
Hamline

TheTwentyDollarBill

Peace,aboveallthings,istobedesired,butbloodmustsometimesbespilledtoobtainiton
equableandlastingterms.AndrewOldHickoryJackson.
Hetookthisquotequiteseriously.
AndrewJacksonwastheseventhpresidentoftheUnitedStates.Hewasknownasthecommonman
becausehegrewupverypoor.Jacksonhasbeenonthe$20billsince1928thats87years.

Idont
thinkthatAndrewJacksonshouldbenotbeon$20billbecauseofhisbadimpactsonhistoryandour
nation.
First,AndrewJacksononlysupportedonlywhitemalesanddidnotsupportminorities.Inthe
article
PresidentAndrewJackson'sCasefortheRemovalActFirstAnnualMessagetoCongress,8
December1829
on
www.mtholyoke.edu
itsaysinrelationtotheremovaloftheIndiansbeyondthe
whitesettlementsisapproachingtoahappyconsummation(MountHolyokeCollege).Thisevidence
provesthatJacksonwashappytoremovetheNativeIndiansfromtheEast.Jacksondisregardedhow
thenativeAmericanswouldfeelaboutthemoveandjustmovedthemagainsttheirwill.Jacksonwasa
racistwithpowerandruinedsomeofournationsreputation.Heonlysupportedwhitemalesanddidnt
understandthepotentialthatminoritieshadwhichcripplesourcountryinaway.
Secondly,JacksonkilledtheNationalBank.Inthearticle
TheQuotableAndrewJackson:12of
OldHickorysBestLines
onwww.mentalfloss.com,itsays
Thebank,Mr.VanBuren,istryingtokill
me.ButIwillkillit.(Dennis)AndrewJackson.
ThisevidenceshowsthatAndrewJacksonpurposely
wantedtokilltheNationalBankdespitetheconsequences.HethoughtthattheNationalBankwasnt

fairtoallmenandthatitwasmadeforwealthywhitemensohevetoeditsbill.Thisdecisionlaterledto
thePanicof1837.AndrewJacksonwassocaughtuptryingtohelpthepoorpeoplethathedidnt
knowthathewouldendupruiningtheeconomy.Ifyouruintheeconomythenthatmeansyoualso
ruinedthevalueofmoneysoyoushouldntgetthehonorofbeingonone.
Lastly,Jacksonabusedhisvetopower.Inthearticle
JacksonianEra:PresidentialVeto
on
sites.google.comitssays
Hevetoedmorebillsinhistermofofficethanallthepreviouspresidentsput
together.
ThisevidenceprovesthatJacksonabusedthepoweralthoughthepresidentsbeforehimdid
not.Thereweresixpresidentsbeforehimandtogethertheirvetoesdidntadduptothetwelvethathe
had.Jacksonabusedapowerthathehadtohelpourcountrybecauseofhispersonalbeliefs.Ifyou
abusepowerthanyoucantbetrustedorhonorabletobeonmoneywhichisvaluabletoourcountry.
Inconclusion,AndrewJacksonshouldntbeonthe$20billbecauseofhisbadimpactson
historyandournation.JacksondisregardedhowthenativeAmericanswouldfeelaboutthemoveand
justmovedthemagainsttheirwill.Healso,thoughtthattheNationalBankwasntfairtoallmenandthat
itwasmadeforwealthywhitemensohevetoeditsbillwhichcausedthePanicof1837.Lastly,
Jacksonabusedhispowerbecausethereweresixpresidentsbeforehimandtogethertheirvetoesdidnt
adduptothetwelvethathehad.AndrewJacksonbeingonthe$20billisamockeryofournation.

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