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Andrew Jackson Dbq

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Within the United States, Presidents are able to shape the county into whatever way they want when still following the rules, but that is not the case for Andrew Jackson. Known also as “old hickory”, Jackson has caused many events that had shaped our country in both positive and negative ways. Andrew Jackson was in fact a democrat and served as president from 1829 - 1837. At one point in his childhood, he was a orphan and had no immediate family alive. After this experience, he accepted an offer to serve as a public prosecutor. When he arrived, he built a legal practice, entered into trading ventures, and began to acquire land and slaves. Not only this, but he was the man who made the controversial national bank and the Indian Removal Acts. Should he have the luxury of having the spot on the $20 when …show more content…

Andrew Jackson should be removed from the $20 bill. The first reason that Andrew Jackson should not be on the $20 bill is because he was the man who created the controversial national bank. Jackson created this bank originally because he believed that it would provided credit and simulated the economy, but some americans including James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, two past presidents, had argued that the bank was unconstitutional. They stated that the constitution didn’t conferred no power to establish a national bank or any other corporation, therefore our president was unloyal to the foundation of this nation. In the charter to eliminate this bank, it labeled it elitist and anti-republican, unconstitutional, and was only benefiting a privileged few. Do we want a president who abused power in order to create a bank not benefiting everyone to be represented on our money? Many may argue that Jackson did this for making our country more “valuable”, but in the end, it just broke the steady foundation of this country by “bending” the rules in a negative way. There are other influential americans that deserve this luxurious spot

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Why would you want to remove Andrew Jackson from the $20? He made the United States the way it is today. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t be in control of Florida (present day Alabama and Florida). Instead others want Harriet Tubman to be the new face of the $20. Afterall, Andrew Jackson is one of the U.S’s biggest contributors.

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However Jackson believed that the bank was unconstitutional. He was not very fond of the fact that the wealthy people in the country benefited from the bank, while the people in poverty did not. Like many other Americans at the time, Jackson strongly believed that the National Bank had too much power, however he also believed that the bank was bad for the economy which was not true. The National Bank strongly backed the United States economy. Many knew this, including Henry Clay, who knew that if the bank no longer existed the economy would soon fall apart.

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In Jackson's Bank Veto Message, he states that his principal reason for his veto was that he wanted to prevent the existence of monopolies. This is a fine reasoning that also goes along with is political views. The objection to this is that he was warned on how it would be detrimental to the United States economy but still went through with it. It cannot be overlooked that he had to fire two different secretaries until he finally appointed a close friend to agree with him. This is an obvious abuse of power, seeing as he fired two people simply for telling him that his idea would not work.

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Andrew Jackson “The bank … is trying to kill me. But I will kill it!” (Appleby, 349). Andrew Jackson did not oppose central banking. Even though Jackson did some terrible things like removing the Indians to the west for more land, Jacksons Democracy also helped strengthen the U.S. Jackson should not be in the Presidential Hall of Fame for all he did to help strengthen the country, and fix corrupted banks.

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In fact, he took apart the bank to defend the common people and their profits. It shielded their money because the bank was benefiting the rich while striping the commons money from them. It must be remembered that it would be redundant to give people who already have tons of money more money to buy luxurie when the commons need money to feed their families. Jackson knew this was wrong and fought for their rights and what he believed in and took down the bank. Another occasion that proves that Jackson is a hero is when he auscultated he people and granted their requests.

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Andrew Jackson not only merely disliked the banks, but was against them so much that he and his supporters resorted to calling them “Monster Banks”. Jackson tried, and succeeded, to close the Bank of the US during a conflict we know today as the Bank War. This bank war sparked the stock market crash and even a depression. Without the bank, the paper money that people were given had

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Andrew Jackson caused the Panic of 1837, Owned slaves, and started the trail of tears. His Presidential term was March 4, 1829 till March 4, 1837. I think that he doesn’t deserve to be on the 20$ bill because He started the Trail of tears, He was a Slave owner, and he Caused the Panic Of 1837. He started the Trail Of Tears he don't deserve to be on a 20$ bill that i'm getting. According to “ The Trail of Tears” on www.pbs.org

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In Document 4, Andrew Jackson says that “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” This is why Jackson vetoed the bill, and he felt very strongly about the common people, and wanted to help, not knowing that everyone did benefit from the national bank. Daniel Webster, and enemy of Jackson, says in Document 5, that it “seeks to inflame the poor against the rich...attacks the whole classes of people...of turning against them the prejudices and resentments of the other classes.” Basically meaning that vetoing the bill will “raise a cry” and will not help the system of

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Andrew Jackson should be removed off of the twenty dollar bill because he is the representation of racism and

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Andrew Jackson during his time was considered a very patriotic politician he hated the rich, he hated the Indian, and loved the idea of slavery. It has been said that he grew up not educated and had a bad up bring but still managed to get to a high political suture. Jackson at one point was general and had a very decorated portfolio, which made sense he would become president, Andrew was most well know for “The Battle of New Orleans” where Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans nearing the end of that war.

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Andrew Jackson is not deserving of being on the $20 bill because he used the spoils system, the Indian Removal Act, and closing the National Bank. Jackson is not deserving

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Jackson ignored the Supreme Court. He continued forcing indians out the west. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears. One-fourth of indians died from this journey. Just because Jackson was put on the $20 bill doesn’t mean he did not do bad things.

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