Andrew Jackson, like many other presidents is on an American bill. Some say that Jackson shouldn't be on the $20 bill. Jackson like many of the other presidents made mistakes, but without them leading our country the way they did it, today may be different. Many people think he should be removed from the bill because he was a democratic and he made mistakes. For we should remember him by his mistakes and how he fixed them.
First of all, Jackson should be on the $20 bill. George Washington is on the $1 bill. Washington made many mistakes but his is still on the dollar bill. Thomas Jefferson in on the $2 bill. Abraham Lincoln is on the $5 bill. Many presidents are on bills. Each one of these presidents wasn't perfect. They all made mistakes. …show more content…
This was the Democratic Party—a party with roots reaching back to Thomas Jefferson and his anti-Hamiltonians but that took on a modern shape and its modern name only under Jackson and Van Buren. And, in 1828, Jackson's Democrats won the national election—won on the basis of a larger electorate and larger turnout and many more humble people than in any previous election in all of history.
Should we resolve the ambiguity by removing Jackson from the $20 bill? I think that Jackson's horsey face and streaked mane on the bill should remind us, instead, that democracy has always been a double struggle. Democracy is a struggle against aristocracy and special privilege. Jackson is a symbol of this particular struggle, among the great majority of the American population. And democracy is a struggle against mad bigotries and anti-minority persecutions. This second struggle will have to be symbolized by someone other than Andrew Jackson—an honor to be conferred on some other bill, or on several
First of all, Jackson should be on the $20 bill. George Washington is on the $1 bill. Washington made many mistakes but his is still on the dollar bill. Thomas Jefferson in on the $2 bill. Abraham Lincoln is on the $5 bill. Many presidents are on bills. Each one of these presidents wasn't perfect. They all made mistakes. …show more content…
This was the Democratic Party—a party with roots reaching back to Thomas Jefferson and his anti-Hamiltonians but that took on a modern shape and its modern name only under Jackson and Van Buren. And, in 1828, Jackson's Democrats won the national election—won on the basis of a larger electorate and larger turnout and many more humble people than in any previous election in all of history.
Should we resolve the ambiguity by removing Jackson from the $20 bill? I think that Jackson's horsey face and streaked mane on the bill should remind us, instead, that democracy has always been a double struggle. Democracy is a struggle against aristocracy and special privilege. Jackson is a symbol of this particular struggle, among the great majority of the American population. And democracy is a struggle against mad bigotries and anti-minority persecutions. This second struggle will have to be symbolized by someone other than Andrew Jackson—an honor to be conferred on some other bill, or on several