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DoesPresidentJacksondeservetobeonthe$20bill?
DoesAndrewJacksondeservethehonortobeonAmericas$20bill?IdonotthinkAndrew
Jacksondeservestobeonthe$20billbecauseAndrewJacksonremovedtheNativeAmericansfrom
theirlandthattheyhavebeenlivingonforover200years.HealsowentagainsttheSupremeCourtand
theConstitution.InadditionhealsoabusedhisvetopowerasthepresidentoftheUnitedStates.Idont
thinkAndrewJacksondeservestobeonthe$20billbecauseheremovedtheNativeAmericansfrom
theirlandthattheyhavebeenlivingonforover200years,hewentagainsttheSupremeCourtandthe
Constitutionandinadditionheabusedhisvetopower.
First,AndrewJacksondoesntdeservetobeonthe$20billbecauseheremovedtheNative
Americansfromtheirlandthattheyhavebeenlivingonforover200years.AccordingtoIndian
RemovalActonHistoryNetAndrewJacksonsetuptheIndianremovalacttomovetheCherokee,
chickasaw,choctaw,creekandseminoles.AndrewJacksondidthisbecausehedidntlikeNative
AmericanshehadlowexpectationsforthembecausetherewereAfricanAmerican.AndrewJackson
removedabout46,000NativeAmericansandtookabout25millionacresoflandfromthem.Andrew
JacksonwasnotaverygoodleaderinhistimeasthepresidentoftheUnitedStatesandhedidnt
supportNativeAmericans.
Additionally,AndrewJacksondoesntdeservetobeonthe$20billbecausehewent
againsttheSupremeCourtandtheConstitution.AccordingtoAndrewJacksonStoleOurConstitution
AndrewJacksonhadaattackedourSecondNationalBank
removingthedepositsfromthebankand
allocatingthemtotheprivatebanksofWallStreet.
ByAndrewJacksonattackingourSecondNational
Bankhecausedthepanicof1837.
ThePanicof1837wasafinancialcrisisintheUnitedStatesthat
touchedoffamajorrecession.
AndrewJacksoncausedalotofpeopletolosemoneyasheforcedthe
banktobeclosed.
Thirdly,AndrewJacksondoesntdeservetobeonthe$20billbecauseheabusedhis
vetopower.AccordingtoPresidentialVetoonHistory,ArtandArchivesAndrewJacksonvetoed
morebillsthanthe6presidentsbefore.Thisshowsthatheabusedhisvetopowerbecausehewasvery
strictinofficevetoing12billsinhistimeaspresident.AndrewJacksoncausedalotofpeopletonot
believeinthemselvesanymore.Healsobrokealotofpeoplesspiritsbecausehevetoedbillsthatthey
wantedthatmadethemhavestrongrights.
Lastly,IdontthinkAndrewJacksondeservestobeonthe$20billbecauseheremoved
theNativeAmericansfromtheirlandthattheyhavebeenlivingonforover200years,hewentagainst
theSupremeCourtandtheConstitutionandinadditionheabusedhisvetopower.
QuranCunningham
December22,2015
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