Should Andrew Jackson be on the 20 dollar bill Essay - 327.
Thursday Jan. 5th-10th: The Age of Jackson We all know Jackson from the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 as a decorated war hero in the eyes of many Americans. We have all seen him on the twenty dollar bill. America has honored him for his achievements by immortalizing him on the most commonly distributed currency. Many would argue that his achievements were less the moral.
President Jackson fought with such fervor to defeat the Bank and the paper notes it was printing; ironically his face has been on the front of the 20 dollar bill since 1928. While it is policy for the Treasury Department to not reveal why certain men were chosen to be put on the notes, it may just be Jackson's familiarity to the American public that got him selected.
You'll see President Andrew Jackson on the bill, but if Jackson were alive, he probably wouldn't be too pleased about it. Jackson hated the central Bank of the United States, and in 1833 he killed it.