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Gold Export Embargo Lifted

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919Date range
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Chronological records

1919

Woodrow WilsonJune 1919

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

The United States removes wartime restrictions on gold exports, restoring a key element of the pre-war international gold mechanism.

Names involved

Woodrow Wilson

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