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Should Andrew Jackson be on the $20 bill? Using your reading over the weekend, your homework, and the materials available at your desks, your task is to write two paragraphs responding to the above essential question. Each paragraph must have a topic sentence with a thesis. Each paragraph must support the thesis with factual details from Jackson’s presidency. Each paragraph must use ideas from the images and quotes available in class. Each paragraph must be written with attention to the 6 traits of writing.  Your process today … 1) Offer one word to describe the Presidency of Andrew Jackson. 2)  Read and analyze the statements handed to you concerning Andrew Jackson. 3) Examine the images on your des regarding the Presidency of Andrew Jackson. 4)  Work with your partners to create two paragraphs responding to the question above. 5) One person types both paragraphs, prints them for the group, and posts them online.

** YES! **

I do think that Andrew Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill because of the changes he made to the executive branch so that people saw it in equal eyes to congress. Andrew Jackson made it so that people executives were not only executives, but also representatives of the people. Throughout his presidency he made changes for the common people and made there lives better. He helped the common farmers who wanted to move to the west to farm by getting rid of the Native Americans that occupied those lands. By fighting the National bank he made life for common farmers and laborers more equal with the lives of wealthy bank investors. He worked hard during his presidency to represent the common man and make his needs known and filled. Jack, J ohn, R egan, Robby

Andrew Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill because he was a common man and he took the power away from the wealthy aristocracy. He came from the mid-Appalachian region, which is where most of the American population was from, and grew up to a common family. Most of his family ended up dying as he grew up, and was alone by the time he was in his late teen ages. This gave him the experience of growing up as the common man, and seeing and feeling what the common people feels. He went to law school for college, and served as a general in the War if 1812. When he was General, he got a knack for power, and ended up utilizing power with an iron fist. When he went for presidency, he had a plan to lead the country with much power and a steel strangle. By becoming president, he stopped the rule of the aristocracy. Obviously someone who represents the common people in the presidency deserves to be on the twenty dollar bill. Henry, Zack, Gabby, Tieg

** NO! ** I do think Andrew Jackson should not be on the twenty dollar bill because he caused an economic crisis. Jackson strongly opposed the National Bank and fought it by putting the government’s money in state banks. This caused a widespread panic known as the Panic of 1837. The banks that Jackson put the government money in produced too much paper money causing an inflation which put the banks out of business. When the banks that contained the government money went out of business, the country in turn went into a depression that affected everyone. Almost ninety percent of the factories in the North closed during this depression furthering the crisis. Throughout his presidency Andrew Jackson opposed the National Bank but in the end this opposition caused a panic and depression for the country. Jack, John, Regan, Robby

Andrew Jackson should not be on the twenty dollar bill because he treated Native Americans with cruelty (mainly the Trail of Tears). Jackson lead many of the Native Americans out of the western ground so that more settlers could come in and farm on small farming grounds more. Many of the Native Americans participated, except for the Cherokee. They rebelled, with the leadership of Osceola, but their fearless leader was tricked, and one of the biggest migration events took place. The Cherokee people finally moved, and there was more space in the western ground. This event is also known as the Trail of Tears. Obviously someone who treats Native Americans this way does not deserve to be on the twenty dollar bill. Henry, Zack, Gabby, Tieg