1. 1 · 1913
  2. 2 · 1945
  3. 3 · 1975
  4. 4 · 2001
  5. 5 · 2013
  6. 6 · 2020

1913 to 1944

Money and emergency powers

The Federal Reserve Act, the 1933 gold order, Executive Order 9066, and the start of the Tuskegee study.

Key facts

  1. The Federal Reserve Act was signed December 23, 1913.
  2. Executive Order 6102 ordered Americans to surrender their gold at $20.67 an ounce. In 1934 the government repriced it at $35.
  3. Executive Order 9066 removed 120,000 people and held them without charge. The Supreme Court upheld it 6 to 3.

Timeline

1 event in Congress, Elections & Speech, oldest first

  1. 18191819Congress, Elections & Speech

    Federal Indian boarding school system begins

    417 schools by 1969; at least 973 children dead.

    Source: Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, Volume IIRead the full story →
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