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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. [ 149 ] [ 6 ] [ 150 ] The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market manipulation .
HIST 121- U.S. History since 1877 Institution Augustana University Instructor Will Wright Wikipedia Expert Brianda (Wiki Ed) Subject History Course dates 2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC – 2025-05-23 23:59:59 UTC Approximate number of student editors 60
The United States and allies enforce a no-fly zone over Iraq north of the 36th parallel north, April 7, 1991 – December 31, 1996 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina , April 1, 1992 – December 14, 1995 The United Nations airlifts humanitarian aid to Bosnia and Hercegovina , July 2, 1992 – January 9, 1996
The United States and other major Allied powers became the foundation of the UN Security Council. [210] The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created in 1947. [211] One of a number of posters created by the Economic Cooperation Administration, an agency of the U.S. government, to sell the Marshall Plan in Europe
August 16 – President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. September 13 – President John Tyler vetos another bill addressing his constitutional ...
The 1981 tax cuts, some of the largest in U.S. history, also eroded the revenue base of the federal government in the short-term. The massive increase in military spending (about $1.6 trillion over five years) far exceeded cuts in social spending, despite wrenching impact of such cuts spending geared toward some of the poorest segments of society.
In the United States, federalism is the constitutional division of power between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States. Since the founding of the country, and particularly with the end of the American Civil War, power shifted away from the states and toward the national government.
September 9 – Magnus Johnson, U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1923 to 1925 (died 1936) October 2 – Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1955) October 11 – Harriet Boyd Hawes, archaeologist (died 1945) October 14 – William Howard Thompson, U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1913 to 1919 ...