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Negative popular opinions about bankers were further inflamed due to the nationwide bank holiday that Roosevelt announced immediately after entering office. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Article 🏷️ Finance , Banking

Simplified: Roosevelt's bank holiday inflamed negative opinions about bankers.

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Israel Risks Overplaying Its Hand in Gaza and the Middle East 0.600

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , International Relations

Simplified: Israel risks overplaying its hand in Gaza and the Middle East

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One of the nation’s most prominent bankers, Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of National City Bank, had evaded personal income tax payments while leading a multiyear campaign to sell the bank’s stock to... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Article 🏷️ Finance , Banking

Simplified: Charles E. Mitchell evaded income tax while selling National City Bank stock at inflated prices.

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A food distributor in Arizona warns that tariffs will soon lead to higher prices and shortages at the grocery store. 0.800

👤 A food distributor in Arizona 📋 Article 🏷️ Economy , Trade

Simplified: Arizona food distributor warns tariffs will lead to higher prices and shortages

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New WPI trendline charts show women’s political parity stalling across three indicators, after two decades of growth. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Gender Equality

Simplified: WPI trendline charts show women's political parity stalling after two decades of growth

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Shortly before Roosevelt’s inauguration in March 1933, revelations began to emerge from the Senate’s investigation of the 1929 stock market crash that shocked an already suspicious public. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Article 🏷️ Finance , Politics

Simplified: Revelations from Senate investigation of 1929 stock market crash shocked public before Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration.

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Many Americans held such Wall Street bankers responsible for the Depression itself. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Article 🏷️ Finance , Economy

Simplified: Many Americans blamed Wall Street bankers for the Depression.

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Consumers Should Brace Themselves for Higher Food Prices 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Economy , Food

Simplified: Consumers should brace themselves for higher food prices

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Private investment banking partnerships—like J. P. Morgan & Company—were intended to be left free to maintain their existing operations. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Article 🏷️ Finance , Banking

Simplified: Private investment banking partnerships like J.P. Morgan were intended to maintain existing operations.

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When Glass proposed this idea in his bank reform bill, he envisioned extending it only to investment affiliates of banks that were members of the Federal Reserve System. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Glass envisioned extending the separation idea only to investment affiliates of banks that were members of the Federal Reserve System.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned on separation during his successful bid for the presidency. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned on separation during his successful bid for the presidency.

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Amid the depths of the Great Depression in 1932, the popularity of an outright separation of commercial and investment banking grew. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: The popularity of an outright separation of commercial and investment banking grew in 1932 during the Great Depression.

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Cracking down on speculation by separating commercial banks from the securities industry offered a promising means to promote future economic stability. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Separating commercial banks from the securities industry offered a means to promote future economic stability.

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Glass initially endorsed administrative remedies that he hoped would block the more sweeping reform proposals of his populist colleagues. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Glass initially endorsed administrative remedies to block sweeping reform proposals.

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He feared that use of the system’s credit to inflate the stock market would ultimately threaten the central bank itself. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Senator Glass feared that use of the system's credit to inflate the stock market would threaten the central bank.

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Senator Glass became interested in the matter due to his desire to protect the Federal Reserve System he had helped establish and regarded as his legacy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Senator Glass became interested in the matter due to his desire to protect the Federal Reserve System.

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In the middle of the 1920s, midwestern inheritors of the populist tradition serving in Congress raised the alarm over the use of banking resources for stock market speculation. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Midwestern inheritors of the populist tradition in Congress raised the alarm over banking resources for stock market speculation in the 1920s.

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They spoke for a large segment of the public who did not trust Wall Street and wanted to see its influence curbed. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Midwestern politicians spoke for a large segment of the public who did not trust Wall Street.

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The Banking Act of 1933’s requirement that commercial banks divorce their investment affiliates emerged in response to the freewheeling financial practices of the Roaring Twenties. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , Regulation , History

Simplified: The Banking Act of 1933's requirement that commercial banks divorce their investment affiliates emerged in response to the Roaring Twenties.

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Elected officials also received a steady stream of mail from constituents—particularly working people—writing to urge changes to the banking system. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Historical Analysis 🏷️ Politics , Finance , History

Simplified: Elected officials received mail from constituents urging changes to the banking system.

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