US banking history

  • MONEY

    continental congress printed first paper money.
  • first bank

    congress established first bank in the US
  • second bank

    congress agreed to charter second bank then president jackson vowed to kill it.
  • banks

    state chartered and unchartered banks took hold during this time period.
  • banking act

    during civil war national banking act was passed.
  • banking panic

    banking panic triggered worst depression the US has ever seen
  • wall street

    a bout of speculation on wall street ended in failure.
  • panic

    the aldrich-veerland act of 1908 passed as an immediate response tot he panic of 1907
  • glass and willis

    throughout most of 1912 glass and willis labored over a central bank proposed and by december 1912 they presented wilson with what would become the fed reserve act.
  • tax

    income tax established
  • war

    jp morgan & co finances from both sides of war.
  • holiday

    a national bank holoday was ordered closing all banks for 4 days and silver dollar production was halted
  • FDIC

    168 fdic insured banks fail.
  • fed

    fed reserve sets off new bust by making loans and adjustable rate morgages more expensive
  • profits

    jp morgan chase reports record profits