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    Andrew Jackson was a hero in the Battle of New Orleans in the year 1812. He was known as the common man president because he supported The People. The People who voted for him called him the "common man president" he helped out poor farmers and plantation owners by giving them land.

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    Andrew Jackson was a hero in the Battle of New Orleans in the year 1812. He was known as the common man president because he supported The People. The People who voted for him called him the "common man president" he helped out poor farmers and plantation owners by giving them land.

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    ChazzMingleton

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    ShouldAndrewJacksonbeonthe$20DollarBill

    HaveyoueverthoughtofwhyAndrewJacksonisonthe$20dollarbill?Andrew
    JacksonwasaheroofthebattleofNewOrleansin1812.ThePeoplewhovotedforhim
    calledhimthecommonmanpresident.Hehelpedoutpoorfarmersandplantationowners
    bygivingthemland.IthinkAndrewJacksondeservesthehonorofbeingonthe$20dollar
    bill.

    First,onereasonIthinkAndrewJacksondeservesthehonorofbeingonthe$20
    dollarbillisbecause,hewasconsideredaherointheBattleofNewOrleansintheyear
    1812.JacksonbecameageneralintheU.S.ArmyandledhistroopstovictoryintheBattle
    forNewOrleans,whichgainedhimwidespreadfame.AccordingtoThebattleofNew
    OrleansonHistory.com,
    thevictoryboostedJacksontonationalstardom.Thisvictory
    helpedfoilplansforaBritishinvasionoftheAmericanFrontier.Becauseoft
    hisvictory,
    JacksonwasconsideredaherointheBattleofNewOrleansintheWarof1812.Inmy
    opinion,leadingtheAmericanstovictorymakeshimagoodpersonandisagoodreason
    todeservethishonor.

    Secondly,anotherreasonIthinkAndrewJacksondeservesthehonorofbeingon
    the$20dollarbillisbecausehewasknownasthecommonmanpresidentwhichmeans

    hesupportedthepeople.AccordingtoTheAgeoftheCommonManonStudy.com,
    changesinstateconstitutionsledtomorepeoplebeingallowedtovote.Forexample,you
    nolongerhadtobeawealthylandowner.Youstillhadtobeawhitemale,however,sono
    womenornonwhiteswereallowed,butitwasprogress.Thischangeinvoterqualifications
    wouldleadtorecordbreakingvoterparticipationintheelection.Upto80%ofqualified
    votersvoted
    .
    Thismeansthat80percentofwhitementhatvoted,votedforJacksonwhich
    madeabigdifference.IthinkJacksonbecamethecommonmanpresidentbecause
    Jacksongenerallyfavoredpoliciesthatbenefittedthecommonmanwhoweremostly
    farmersandwasagainstinterestsoftheeasternmerchantclasses.Hewasthevoiceofall
    Americans.Hestressedthecommonman'scapacityforselfgovernment.Heencouraged
    thecommonman'sstrongvoiceinvoting,andpromisedtobreakclassboundariesthrough
    afreemarketeconomyallowinganyonetorisefinanciallyandthatiswhatmadehimthe
    commonmanpresident.

    Finally,thethirdreasonIthinkAndrewJacksondeservesthehonorofbeingonthe
    $20dollarbillisbecausehehelpedsavethepoorfarmersbygivingthemsomeland.
    AccordingtomyclassnotesonDay21:CommitteeNotes,itstatesthatmostsoutherners
    didnotexperiencethisdegreeofwealthintheplantationlife.Thismeansthatmostofthe
    southernerswerenotasfortunateastheothersouthernersthatwerefortunate.Andrew
    Jacksonwastryingtodorightbythepeoplebyhelpingoutthelessfortunatefarmersand
    givingthemsomeland.Therewasagreaterlevelofequalityamongthepeoplethan
    before.SincelandwasnowavailabletopoorfarmersIthinkthatiswhatJacksoncared

    aboutthemost.

    Inconclusion,IthinkthatAndrewJacksondeservestobeonthe$20dollar
    bill.HewasconsideredaherointheBattleofNewOrleansin1812.Hewasknown
    asthecommonmanpresident.Healsohelpedthepoorfarmersbygivingthem
    someland.
    AndrewJacksonscreditsandhisdedicationtohelpinglessfortunate
    peoplearethereasonswhyheisonthe$20bill.

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