“The Age of Jackson” Writing Assessment Andrew Jackson should not be commemorated on the $20 bill. While he was a great president, believer in the people’s will, and well respected, he ultimately did more bad than good. One example of this is the removal of Native Americans from U.S. territory, knows as the Indian Removal Act. Jackson decided to relocate the Native Americans after gold was discovered in their lands, which was already desired by the American government. He planned to pass a law that would force the natives to move west or submit to state laws, whilst saying that it would protect their way of life and was “just and liberal”. He passed the act in 1830 (even though the public opposed it and the Supreme Court tried to stop it),
