Permanent historical factsheet

Gold Export Embargo

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

2Records
1917–1919Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1917

Woodrow Wilson7 September 1917

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Wilson subjects gold exports to federal licensing to protect wartime reserves.

1919

Woodrow Wilson9 June 1919

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

The United States removes wartime controls and again permits unrestricted gold exports.

Names involved

Woodrow Wilson

Provenance

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