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Prompt: Should Andrew Jackson be on the 20 dollar bill?

Yes, I do believe that Andrew Jackson should be on the 20 dollar bill for many reasons. As quoted by Andrew Jackson “Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission”. Andrew Jackson started out from very humble beginnings, being orphaned from when he was a child. His father died before he was born, and during the Revolutionary War, his mother and both of his brothers were killed. From coming from very humble beginnings, he showed every american that a “common man” could become president. Jackson also deserves to be on the 20 dollar bill because when became president, he reformed Thomas Jefferson’s idea of “democratic republican” into the cohesive political

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