Harriet Tubman

Andrew Jackson should be kept on the front of the $20 bill. He has earned the right to stay through his many accomplishments and contributions to America. He began his lengthy resume in the late 1700s when he became a Tennessee Congressman. Although, he is most known for his various achievements on the battlefield. In 1814, he defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. In January of 1815, Jackson led the outnumbered United States forces to a decisive victory over the copious British army. In fact, the British lost over 3,300 troops in just 37 minutes, opposed to just 13 American casualties. Jackson then used this success to propel himself into the presidency. It was not smooth sailing at first, as John Quincy Adams and Henry

Clay carried out the “corrupt bargain” in the election of 1824; however, Jackson rebounded quickly. He and his supporters soon created the Democratic party, and in the next election, Jackson easily overpowered Adams, becoming the 7th president of the United States. As president, Jackson closed the Second National Bank almost single-handedly, with only the help of his Secretary of Treasury, Roger B. Taney. This paved the way for the establishment of the Independent Treasury, the system the United States still uses today.
Harriet Tubman is the most appropriate choice for the $20 bill as opposed to other women in American History.

Tubman and Jackson were on opposite ends of the spectrum. While Jackson owned slaves, Tubman rescued slaves and brought them to freedom. Tubman was born in Maryland, a slave state, in 1820. Around the age of 30, she left the plantation and fled to Pennsylvania. Soon after her escape, she returned to Maryland to guide the rest of her family to safety. Then, she began to help other slaves escape and became one of the most famous “conductors” of the Underground Railroad. She was very methodical in her approach of escape. She always began the heist at night. This prevented the runaways’ faces from being in the paper for a while, usually about 36 hours. Tubman also used the plantation owner’s horses to cover more ground. She even went as far as bringing drugs to make a baby stay quiet and bringing a gun so that no changed their mind about the journey. By 1860, Tubman made about 20 trips to the South and had liberated over 300 slaves. Due to her raw determination, she never lost a single passenger, and she took immense pride in this. Tubman, using her courage and intelligence, had a monumental impact on the course of the United States and is credited as being one of the most predominant abolitionists of her

time.