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1791 Bank of the US
First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. -
1816 Second Bank of the US
The Second Bank of the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Had the same responsibilities and powers as the First Bank. This bank failed. -
Civil War (printing currency)
Greenbacks were paper currency (printed in green on the back) issued by the United States during the American Civil War. -
1863 National Banking Act
The National Bank Act of 1863 was the first attempt to establish a central bank after the failures of the First and Second Banks of the United States, and served as the predecessor to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.he act allowed the creation of national banks, set out a plan for establishing a national currency backed by government securities held by other banks, and gave the federal government the ability to sell war bonds and securities. -
1913 Federal Reserve Act
created the Federal Reserve System (the Fed). The Fed serves as the central bank of the United States. The act also created a banking system consisting of both private and public organizations. -
1930’s Great Depression
Banks began to fail because no one had any money, everyone was struggling. -
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
prohibits commercial banks from engaging in the investment business. It was enacted as an emergency response to the failure of nearly 5,000 banks during the Great Depression. -
1970’s banking
The stock market was a mess. Economic growth was weak. The great inflation happened in the 1970's. A great failure of American macroeconomic policy -
1982 banking
the 1980's recession was the worst economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression.Unemployment during the 1980's recession was affecting everyone, but manufacturing, construction, and the auto industries were particularly affected. -
1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
t repealed part of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933, removing barriers in the market among banking companies, securities companies and insurance companies that prohibited any one institution from acting as any combination of an investment bank, a commercial bank, and an insurance company.
