United States

35 chapters in all · about 2 h 11 min

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All chapters (35)

1. A colony without coin　about 4 min
2. The country of the Spanish dollar　about 5 min
3. The invention of paper money　about 4 min
4. The mother country forbids it　about 4 min
5. The eve　about 3 min
6. The continental currency　about 3 min
7. "Not worth a continental"　about 4 min
8. Money inside the constitution　about 5 min
9. Hamilton against Jefferson　about 4 min
10. The Coinage Act of 1792　about 5 min
11. The death of the First Bank　about 3 min
12. The Second Bank of the United States　about 3 min
13. Jackson's bank war　about 3 min
14. The age of the wildcat banks　about 5 min
15. The Civil War　about 4 min
16. The national banking system　about 4 min
17. The long road back to convertibility　about 3 min
18. Interlude: 1873　about 3 min
19. "The Crime of 1873"　about 5 min
20. The thirty years' war of gold and silver　about 4 min
21. The cross of gold　about 4 min
22. The Gold Standard Act of 1900　about 3 min
23. The Panic of 1907　about 3 min
24. Jekyll Island　about 4 min
25. 1913　about 4 min
26. The far shore of the war　about 4 min
27. 1929　about 4 min
28. The spring they let go of gold　about 4 min
29. Another story of silver　about 3 min
30. Bretton Woods　about 5 min
31. The anchor groans　about 5 min
32. 15 August 1971　about 4 min
33. The great inflation and Volcker's winter　about 5 min
34. The weight of being the reserve　about 4 min
35. The digital shore　about 4 min

The history of money in United States, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.