Does Andrew Jackson Deserve To Be On The Twenty Dollar Bill Research Paper

Does Andrew Jackson Deserve to be on the Twenty Dollar Bill?
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president. He went to law school and believed in the common man, a self taught lawyer, got rich off of his hard work, owned 150 slaves that helped him get rich, and was a war hero for fighting the Seminole and Creek Indians. However in my opinion Jackson may have believed in the common man too much. Considering his life I believe that Andrew Jackson does not deserve to be in the twenty dollar bill because he challenged the national bank, passed the Indian Removal Act, and allowed the Trail of Tears. First to be discussed is challenging the national bank. By doing so Andrew Jackson had paid off the national debt, but the outcome was not good. When Jackson

Hundreds of business closed down, and thousands of people had lost their jobs. And according to MOST historians, this was considered one the worst period of economical failure which is one of the reasons why I do not believe Andrew Jackson does not deserve his place on the twenty dollar bill, but there are still two more reasons so let us continue. Second and (in my opinion) is the greatest sin Jackson has allowed to happen is the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act allowed the people of Georgia and other states to take the Native American’s homeland. A tribe of Indians called the Cherokee wanted to stay on their land so much that they had adopted the culture of white men. The Cherokee had dressed like white people, learned the language of white people, and even made a government just like the U.S. Constitution, but the common man had found gold and farm land on their homeland so they were still going to be evicted. A letter from one of the Cherokees named Elias Boudinot had said,” look at our people! They are wretched! Look, my dear sir, around you, and see the progress vice and immorality have already made! See the misery!” Soon the Cherokee had brought this case to the Supreme Court