Which U.S. president closed the banks during the 1933 banking crisis?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Which U.S. president closed the banks during the 1933 banking crisis?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which U.S. railroad company became the largest bankruptcy of the Panic of 1893?
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Which U.S. stock exchange closed for the first time because of a financial crisis during the Panic of 1873?
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New York Stock Exchange
Which hedge fund’s 1998 rescue became a major episode of the Russian financial crisis and global market turmoil?
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Long-Term Capital Management
Which U.S. law was passed in 1933 after the 1929 crash to separate commercial and investment banking?
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Glass–Steagall Act
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Which U.S. railroad company became the largest bankruptcy of the Panic of 1893?
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Which U.S. stock exchange closed for the first time because of a financial crisis during the Panic of 1873?
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New York Stock Exchange
Which hedge fund’s 1998 rescue became a major episode of the Russian financial crisis and global market turmoil?
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Long-Term Capital Management
Which U.S. law was passed in 1933 after the 1929 crash to separate commercial and investment banking?
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Glass–Steagall Act
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15 years old
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A fifteenth birthday