United States: Gold Standard Act to Executive Order 6102 (1900–1934)

1. Gold Standard Act defines dollar in gold

   Mar 14, 1900Labels: Gold Standard, U S

   • Britannica
   • Congress
   • NYT Archive

2. Panic of 1907 exposes system weaknesses

   Oct 1, 1907Labels: Panic of, bank runs

   • Fed History
   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

3. Aldrich–Vreeland Act creates reform commission

   May 30, 1908Labels: Aldrich Vreeland, National Monetary

   • Cato
   • Wikipedia

4. Federal Reserve Act establishes U.S. central bank

   Dec 23, 1913Labels: Federal Reserve

   • Fed History
   • Wikipedia

5. Twelve Federal Reserve Banks open for business

   Nov 16, 1914Labels: Federal Reserve, Reserve Banks

   • Fed History
   • St Louis Fed

6. Trading with the Enemy Act expands wartime controls

   Oct 6, 1917Labels: Trading with, wartime controls

   • Fed Statutes
   • Wikipedia

7. Great Depression intensifies gold and bank pressures

   Oct 29, 1929Labels: Great Depression, bank failures

   • Britannica
   • Fed History
   • NBER

8. National bank holiday halts gold outflows

   Mar 6, 1933Labels: National bank, bank closures

   • Britannica
   • TIME

9. Emergency Banking Act broadens federal authority

   Mar 9, 1933Labels: Emergency Banking, presidential authority

   • Congress
   • TIME

10. Executive Order 6102 mandates gold surrender

    Apr 5, 1933Labels: Executive Order, FDR

    • Presidency
    • Wikipedia

11. Gold clauses in contracts are nullified

    Jun 5, 1933Labels: Gold clauses, contract law

    • Justia
    • Wikipedia
    • History com

12. Gold Reserve Act centralizes U.S. monetary gold

    Jan 30, 1934Labels: Gold Reserve, U S

    • Fed History
    • Encyclopedia