In a disappointing decision, the Trump Administration has just decided NOT to replacing President Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The change was scheduled for 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote(the 19th Amendment to the Constitution). If you look at any of the U.S. currency, no woman is currently on any U.S. currency bills.
Tubman, probably the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, helped bring hundreds of slaves to freedom. Her selection was made after many people voted that she would be a great pick to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
President Jackson was president during the Trail of Tears and the terrible treatment of thousands of Native Americans.
Trump said the decision made by the Obama Administration, to replace Jackson with Tubman, on the $20, was “pure political correctness.”
Illustration from Fortune.com
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