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Schug, Mark C. – Social Education, 2021
While both the 1918 influenza (aka Spanish flu) and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemics were devastating, the 1918 influenza pandemic was considered worse. Its origins are still debated, but it was first identified in the United States at Fort Riley, an Army base in Kansas. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Comparative Analysis, Incidence
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Schug, Mark C.; Suiter, Mary C.; Wood, William C. – Social Education, 2015
In 1890, the United States government had no agency empowered to control the overall supply of money. Fifty years later, it had a full set of monetary institutions, including a central bank whose structure is much the same today. Further, it had enough experience to know both the promise and the pitfalls of monetary control. How did the nation's…
Descriptors: Banking, Economic Factors, United States History, Social Studies