1 Andrew Jackson and the 20-dollar bill Name Institution Course Professor Date 2 Andrew Jackson and the 20-dollar Bill Andrew Jackson, who served as the seventh president of the United States is comfortably placed on the twenty-dollar bill since 1928 when his face was chosen to substitute that of Grover Cleveland. However, the treasury's attention and a campaign by a group of women backed by millions of citizens want Andrew Jackson's face removed from the currency and replaced by a woman's face due to several reasons (Thompson and Barchiesi, 2018). Many people argue that Andrew Jackson supported slavery and therefore his face should be removed and replaced with that of Harriet Tubman because she was an abolitionist and she opposed slavery. Andrew Jackson not only supported slavery but was also owned slaves and an activist for the extension of suppression in the United States. Another reason why he should be removed from the currency is that he almost destroyed the nation’s economy by dismantling the Second Bank of the United States proving his position on economics unsound (cave, 2003). This led to panic in 1837 which is regarded as the most distressing time in the history of the United States. Moreover, Andrew Jackson loathed paper currency and he declined to recognize money made from paper as a real form of currency, instead, he was in favor of silver and Gold. President Andrew Jackson was also responsible for an act passed in 1830 (Indian removal act) that advocated for the forceful elimination of thousands of natural Americans from their lands. This act is regarded to show continuous disrespect to keep Jackson's face in the currency when he cruelly victimized the native population. Furthermore, through the passage of the "Indian Removal Bill", Andrew Jackson factually committed genocide. The act resulted in a trail of tears as the forced native American people led to the death of more than 5,000 of the Cherokee tribe (Cave, 2003). The campaign seeking the removal of Andrew Jackson maintains that keeping the face that committed such atrocity on the United States currency is inexcusable. 3 Reference Thompson, S., & Barchiesi, F. (2018). Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson on the TwentyDollar Bill: A Monstrous Intimacy. Open Cultural Studies, 2(1), 417-429. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0038 Cave, A. A. (2003). Abuse of power: Andrew Jackson and the Indian removal act of 1830. The Historian, 65(6), 1330-1353.
