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Financial Time Line Flashcards

1
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Industrial Revolution - Transition from agriculture to manufacturing.

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1900

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Immigration

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1900

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Economic Expansion

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1900

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Isolationist Attitude

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1900

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5
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Was the beginning of Big Government

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1913

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FED - Monetary Policy Established

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1913

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IRS - Agent of Fiscal Policy Established

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1913

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July 1914 to November 1918

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WWI

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Lusitania sunk by German Submarine and 128 Americans died. It was a British passenger ship.

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May 1915

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10
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7 U.S. Merchant Ships targeted.

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1917

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U.S. Involvement in WWI

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April 1917 to November 1918

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12
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Economic Growth, Full Employment, Disposable Income, and Personal Investment Increased when?

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Roaring 20’s

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13
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Roaring 20’s were what dates?

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1920-1929

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14
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Stock Market Crash

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1929

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15
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What caused the stock market crash?

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Brokers, Banks, and insurance companies using improper Margin Sales Techniques.

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16
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Years when there was nationwide bank runs and bank failures.

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1930-1932

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17
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Hoover vs. Roosevelt

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1932

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18
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Roosevelt inaugurated when?

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1933

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19
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Roosevelt was in office from when to when?

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March 1933 to his death in April 1945

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20
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Congress imposed the Glass-Steagall Act when?

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1933

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21
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An act that put numerous restrictions on banks.

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Glass-Steagall Act

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An act that forced the break up of bank holding companies.

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Glass-Steagall Act

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J.P. Morgan sold its investment banking firm to Stanley Investment Bank who re-named it what?

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Morgan-Stanley

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24
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What bank divested itself of its non-commercial bank activities?

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City Bank, NY

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25
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Emergency Banking Act (The Bank Holiday)

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1933

26
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What act caused all Banks to be closed for 4.5 days.

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Emergency Banking Act

27
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What act established Regulations for Margin Sales?

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Securities Act of 1933

28
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What act required formal registration of stock sales through SEC?

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Securities Act of 1933

29
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FDIC was established when?

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1933

30
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Securities Exchange Act established?

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1934

31
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What act dealt with inside trading and strengthened the SEC?

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

32
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Social Security Act established when?

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1935

33
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FDR Era

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1933-1945

34
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Roosevelt’s presidency was known as? (2 Things)

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“Hand of Government Era” and “New Deal”

35
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English Economist and Economic adviser to Roosevelt.

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John Maynard Keynes

36
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Roosevelts “make work” stimulus projects, list 4.

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  1. Tennessee Valley Authority
  2. Civilian Conservation Corp.
  3. Works Progress Administration
  4. Infastructure Projects
37
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Built over 385 hydroelectric dams and power stations and put tens of thousands of people to work.

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TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

38
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Unemployed young men (18-26) were put to work in forestry, National Parks, State Parks, and Recreation areas.

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CCC - Civilian Conservation Corp.

39
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Put artistic people to work.

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WPA - Works Progress Administration

40
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Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge, Seaports, Docks, Warehouses, Airports Built.

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Infrastructure Projects

41
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When does Franklin Roosevelt die?

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April 1945

42
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When does WWII end?

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1945

43
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Year in which U.S. is the richest, most powerful nation in the world?

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1945

44
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Year when women were working in the wartime work force?

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1945

45
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Year in which 12 Million troops come home resulting in unemployment.

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1945

46
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Employment Act established when?

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1946

47
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What year was the Council of Economic Advisers established?

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1946

48
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When was the Marshall Plan established?

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1947

49
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The greatest act of generosity and its objective was to re-build war destroyed Europe.

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Marshall Plan

50
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Who established the Marshall Plan?

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George Marshall - Secretary of State General

51
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When did the Korean War start?

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1950

52
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When did the interstate Highway System begin?

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1955

53
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Who established the Highway system?

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President Eisenhowser

54
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Who takes over for President Roosevelt when he dies?

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Harry Truman

55
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When were Merrill Lynch Money Market Funds created?

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1974

56
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Depository Institution Deregulation & Monetary Control Act from when to when?

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1975-1985

57
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President Carter Community Reinvestment Act established?

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1977

58
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President Clinton expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act - CRA

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1995

59
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Graham-Leach-Bliley Act

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1999

60
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Community Reinvestment Act - CRA

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Encouraged secondary mortgage lenders to buy more mortgages.

61
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What act repealed the Glass-Steagall Act?

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Graham-Leach-Bliley Act

62
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Removed financial holding company regulations and allowed banks to expand as financial holding companies in order to compete with foreign banks.

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Graham-Leach-Bliley Act

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