Why was Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill? He was what we call "racist".. Hello!?!?

Question

well they are all racist so who cares!

Answer 1

Good Lord, where do I start in correcting the mistakes.

1) Andrew Jackson was a racist during his lifetime(he hated indians, mexicans and blacks) and would, today be classified as a virulent racist nutjob.

2) Jackson is on the $20 because when they Treasury Dept changed to the new designs they made sure that prominent people from both parties were selected.

3) Jackson did not found the Democratic Party, they were founded for the 1800 election of Thomas Jefferson. Jackson was one of the most popular democrats in his day and spawned the Jacksonian era and today many state democratic parties have a jefferson-jackson day as a tribute to the first two prominent democratic Presidents and as a huge fundraiser for their state parties.

In actuality, they were 2 of our worst Presidents in US History(Jefferson being the absolute worst) and Jackson violating the US Constitution and decisions of the US Supreme Court repeatedly.

He ordered the SecTreas to remove the treasury of the United States from the United States Bank(the National Bank) and ordered him to distribute it between 8 state banks(all of whom had Jackson as a paid member of their board of directors) and when the SecTreas refused as it was against the laws passed by Congress governing the national bank, Jackson fired him, then made his asst. the new SecTreas and threaten to fire him too if he did not disobey the law and follow Jackson's wishes. He complied and the economy went into a depression and continued in a cycle of depressions until a new national bank was established in the early 20th century, the Federal Reserve Bank.

The State of Georgia wanted to remove the indians from the land and the Cherokee tried a novel approach, rather than start a war, the Cherokee filed a Federal Lawsuit against Georgia and won in the US Supreme Court. The USSC ruled that they had proper title to their land as they had signed a treaty with the US and the State of Georgia did not have the power to remove them. Jackson, who as head of the Executive Branch is constitutionally charges with enforcing the laws of the USA and treaties of the USA and the decisions of the USSC, said "they have made their ruling, not let them enforce it." and not only did nothing to stop GA state troops from removing the indians from their lands, but then ordered all indians everywhere, to be moved west of the Mississippi River. The long trek became known as the Trail of Tears and cost 1000's of indian deaths.

4) Jackson's victory at New Orleans DID NOT and COULD NOT have paved the way for President Jefferson making the Louisiana Purchase, since he was President from 1801-1809 and the Louisiana Purchase occurred in 1803 and Jackson's Battle of New Orleans occurred on Jan 8, 1815.

5) The Battle of New Orleans did not occur after the OFFICIAL ending of the war. It did take place after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed dec 24, 1814,. However, the Battle of New Orleans occurred on Jan 8, 1815 and the OFFICIAL end of the War of 1812 occurred when the US Senate ratified the treaty on Feb 17, 1815, the OFFICIAL date of the end of the war.

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PS- Madison would have been the first sitting US President that someone tried to kill, as he and some of his cabinet members manned an abandoned artillery piece at the Battle of Bladensburg(aka the Bladensburg Races, right before the British burned Washington, DC) before British fire drove them off.

Answer 2

Most of the people on money were racist, except fot Abe Lincoln ($5) and Alexander Hamilton (he was on the $10 and rumored to be part black, and set up a society to help free slaves durring his life, which ended in 1804)

Jackson fought in the war of 1812 and saved america durring the battle of new orleans, and founded the democratic party. He was against a national bank.

And was the first president who someone (Richard Lawrence) tried to kill...

I didn't notice someone already wrote about 1812

Answer 3

Even though he was a pre-civil War president and was vocal about slavery issues, he was not a racist in the way we think of it today.

I do not support his view or him, but it is two different things, the racism of today and the slavery issues of almost 200 years ago.

That being said, he is on the 20 dollar bill because he is a war hero. He was an Officer in charge of a western Army during the war of 1812. He is the "Hero" of the battle of New Orleans.

This Battle has the distinction of being fought after the official end of the war, but Jackson took New Orleans and his victory help lead to the bargaining power of President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase.

Without his victory and status, the US would hav had more problems with France and the Expansion past the Mississipi river would have been questionable.

Answer 4

In 1929, the persons whose images would appear on paper currency was selected by the Secretary of the Treasury and have remained standard to this day . It is not clear the reason the bill was switched from Cleveland to Jackson. According to the U.S. Treasury, "Treasury Department records do not reveal the reason that portraits of these particular statesmen were chosen in preference to those of other persons of equal importance and prominence.

I would highly suggest you read and vote on the following site:
http://americanindian.ucr.edu/discussions/jackson/index.shtml?survey9897

Answer 5

Quote: "well they are all racist so who cares!"

Not so, in fact the Jackson family was one of the most integrated families in American history. Starting with Andrew Jackson, brother of Stonewall Jackson and his wife Mahalia Jackson the family pioneered an integrated family life which in even the present generation has resulted in some of the Jackson 5 being born nearly black ( like Rev Jesse Jackson) nearly white (like their sister, actress Glenda Jackson) or half of each, (like younger brother, singer and zoo keeper Michael Jackson).

Answer 6

Maybe that person lives in LA, and when people answer they pretend that they are Prince Jackson. Also call the number again and see if it really is him!!

Answer 7

I teach seventh grade history. One of the things my state wants me to teach my seventh graders is to:

"Describe historical events and issues from the perspectives of people living at the time in order to avoid evaluating the past in terms of today's norms and values."

So please, demonstrate that you have mastered the seventh grade and stop using today's standards to judge men of the past!

BTW, I saw another answerer claim that Abraham Lincoln wasn't a racist. Chew on this quote - if we were using today's standards to judge Lincoln's words, what would our assessment be?

"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—I am not…in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office."

Answer 8

When did racism ever stop people from being president? In those days it wasn't considered to be a bad thing.

Answer 9

Sounds like maby, your a racist.