Last night I dreamt I was a butterfly . Today , am I a butterfly dreaming I ' m me ? <| sep |> No the revisionist history happens when you apply modern day morality to historical decisions . There is no argument amongst historians as to the importance of Jackson ' s presidency and his loss to Adams in how it shaped the American political landscape for the better . And you ' re selectively ignoring all the good things he instituted during his presidency . Not to mention plenty of presidents at that time defied SCOTUS decisions again , you ' re not analyzing it in the context in which all of this happened . American government was less than 50 years old . We were very much still figuring out what type of country we were . Jackson brought a lot of stability T and legitimacy to our country . It was indisputably a time of political growth and maturation that he led us through . There ' s a reason he ' s on the $ 20 bill , and it ' s not because the Treasury is racist .