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Nov 9, 2009 · Although McCulloch v. Maryland gave the federal government wide-ranging authority, even the ruling wasn’t enough to protect the second Bank of the United States from its political opposition.
May 13, 2021 · The Fed, which serves as America’s central bank, did try to rein things in, albeit too slowly and too late in the game. It sent warning letters to the banks to which the Fed itself provided ...
Mar 5, 2010 · Hoovervilles, named after unpopular President Herbert Hoover, were encampments of crude dwellings for poor and homeless people during the Great Depression.
Oct 29, 2009 · In the early 1900s, a few middle-class Black families from another neighborhood known as Black Bohemia moved to Harlem, and other Black families followed. Some white residents initially...
Nov 9, 2009 · Marcus Garvey was a Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and empower people of African descent worldwide.
Oct 29, 2009 · As president, he reduced tariffs, reformed the national banking system and settled a boundary dispute with the British that secured the Oregon Territory for the United States.
Oct 20, 2020 · A New Deal-era federal housing program refused to insure houses for Black families, or even insure houses in white neighborhoods that were too close to Black ones.
