JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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$1.00
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$5.00
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$10.00
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$20.00
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Detailed explanation-1: -America’s paper money features an array of White male leaders: George Washington on the $1, Thomas Jefferson on the $2, Abraham Lincoln on the $5, Alexander Hamilton on the $10, Jackson on the $20, Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 and Benjamin Franklin on the $100.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson was elevated to the $20 bill in 1928, replacing Grover Cleveland. By law, no living person can be on a bill, and the secretary of the Treasury is given the authority over the design of bills, which includes the portrait.
Detailed explanation-3: -The head of the Cherokee Nation believes Andrew Jackson’s portrait should be stripped from the $20 bill and replaced by the late tribal leader Wilma Mankiller-justice, he says, for the former president’s transgressions against Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -US Treasury confirms Harriet Tubman $20 bill is coming-but here’s why you’ll have to wait.