Currency Crisis

1h - The use of gold by man. The appearance of the dollar (1785). The role of the United States in the 1st World War. 2h - The "Great Depression" in America (1929-1933). 2nd World War. Creation of the International Monetary Fund. The beginning of the cold war. Military conflicts. Arms race. 3h -US War in Indochina. The 1971 currency crisis. Falling dollar. Workers strikes. 4h -US Emergency Measures. Common Market meetings. 5h - Speeches by presidents of different countries. The US makes a decision to devalue the dollar.

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1972