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Why Shouldn T Andrew Jackson Be On The 20 Dollar Bill Essay

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Why Andrew Jackson Should Not Be On the 20 Dollar Bill

Andrew Jackson does not deserve to be on the 20 dollar bill. He should not be on the 20 dollar bill because of the horrible Acts that he has done, like the Indian Removal Act and the Implemented Spoils System. These two acts were awful because he made the Native Americans travel ridiculously long journeys, with awful conflicts like diseases and starvation. Andrew Jackson had also come up with the Implemented Spoils System which was firing government employees and replacing them with his own supporters. He had done this, just so he could get more money for himself. Since he had done these two acts, he has been considered not honorable by many people who have made drawings and pictures. …show more content…

This act was created to remove all Native Americans mainly from Georgia, all the way to Oklahoma. Even though he had already allowed the natives to live in Georgia, went to the Supreme Court, and when the natives won the case, Andrew Jackson had still pushed them away out of Georgia. Thousands of Cherokee members opposed this, but the US Army still forced removal on the Natives. He had come up with the act because the colonists had wanted their land, so some of the colonists also decided to pay the Cherokee members to move west to Oklahoma. In Document F, the drawing by the author’s point of view is that Andrew Jackson is not honorable. He has a Native American headdress on, which is sarcastic because he had passed the Indian Removal Act, which had removed all of the Native Americans on a long hard journey, which had killed most of the population. Document F relates to our notes on the Trail of Tears, since the drawing shows him with a Native American headdress on, which is sarcastic for meaning that he was very cruel, and in the notes, it also proves …show more content…

He took too much control over the government by vetoing many laws and turning down ideas, like the second national bank. In Document E, the Point of view from the author is that Andrew Jackson has too much control over the government. To prove this, the author writes words around the drawing are saying that he is like a king since he vetoes laws. The portrait also shows him dressed like a king and a paper that says the word veto on it. We had learned that Andrew Jackson had created the Implemented Spoils System, which could relate to this because he had gained more money that way. To Summarize this paragraph, Andrew Jackson should not be on the 20 dollar bill because of his actions by taking too much control over the

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