Keep Harriet Tubman And All Women Off The $ 20 Bill

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Harriett Tubman is a very big figure in American history. She freed many slaves through the underground railroad, she also served as a spy in the Civil war. She also was a nurse during the Civil war. The Civil war is what freed all slaves in the Confederate states. Harriet Tubman also did many bad things. I believe, Harriet Tubman should not be on the twenty dollar bill.Harriet Tubman as people know is a very huge figure, but you don't know her very well. Tubman didn't respect the American economy system. In the reading, "Keep Harriet Tubman and all women off the $20 bill" it states, "Tubman didn’t respect the economic system." this shows that making Harriet Tubman a symbol of the economy or money would just be insulting because she didn't …show more content…

In the same text, "Keep Harriet Tubman and all women off the $20 bill" it states, "Tubman’s face on the $20 bill would cover up our nation's reality." this shows that Tubman will be used just to cover up our horrible past. If we think about it, there is a lot of good history. If we cover up our history then America, won't have a true background, or a true story. Finally, putting Harriet on the twenty dollar bill will just cover up economic issues. In the reading, "Keep Harriet Tubman and all women off the $20 bill" it states, "Distort Tubman’s legacy and distract from economic issues." this shows that Tubman will be used just to cover us up. As we know, there are pay gaps between men and women. Putting Tubman will just distract our nation from the pay gaps, but that can't happen. Pay gaps are a topic that women need to fight for. Putting Tubman in the twenty dollar bill will ruin the fight or equal pay. Therefore, with the evidence above, Harriet Tubman should not be on the twenty dollar bill. Even though Harriet Tubman shouldn't be on the twenty dollar bill. Some people believe that she …show more content…

Taking Jackson off the twenty dollar bill and then replacing him with Harriet Tubman would show our nation that owning slaves and killing people is bad. According to others we need someone better on the twenty dollar bill. In the end, other viewpoints believe that Harriet Tubman should be on the twenty dollar bill. Even though Harriet Tubman is a good representative, Andrew Jackson is much better. Andrew Jackson was our seventh president and he did many good things along with many bad things. The bad things were listed in paragraph three. The good things he's done was, lead the colonies to a victory against the British in New Orleans, he paid off our national debt, and he made more allies globally. As we can see, Jackson respected our economy, he paid off our debt as the seventh president. This shows that he cared for our economy unlike Harriet Tubman who disrespected our economy. In conclusion, we should not change our economy because Andrew Jackson is a good man to have because he did many great things. In the end, Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman are both two very influential people. Andrew Jackson was our seventh ever president and paid off our national debt, but he killed many

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