Should Andrew Jackson Stay On The 20 Bill Essay

Joshua Mauzy
ACP US History
Mod 7
10/26/15
Should Andrew Jackson Stay On The 20 Dollar Bill? Andrew Jackson, born March 15, 1767, was the 7th president of the United States of America. He helped America become where we are now. Jackson was a man of honor but was at times very cocky. He did many positive things to improve America, but his success was outweighed by his bad decisions as president. I do not think that Andrew Jackson should stay on our $20.00 bill. He was a general in the military. He was involved in the revolutionary war and the war of 1812. During the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson was appointed a Major General and sent to New Orleans to prepare the city's defenses against a incoming British attack. His army of Tennessee and Kentucky militia members defeated an invading British force of about 7500 men and forced the British to withdraw. He was a key player in the win of the Battle of New Orleans. Following the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain, American slave owners came to Florida in search of runaway African slaves and Indians. These Indians, known as the Seminole, and the runaway slaves had been trading weapons with the British throughout the early 1800s and supported Britain during the War of 1812. From 1817-1818, the United States Army invaded Spanish Florida and

Jackson supported the white men who wanted to see this plan through, because the Indians land was very valuable. They felt they had a legal right to their land, so the Cherokee Indians took Andrew Jackson to court. The case made it all the way to the Supreme Court. Even though the Supreme court had ruled that the Cherokees had a legal right to stay on their land in Worcester v. Georgia, but Jackson still forced them out of their land. The law required the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, voluntarily and peacefully, which Jackson did not even attempt to