Listen to an interview with Seab Carr, who, along with Robert F. Bruner, wrote a book about the Panic of 1907, one of the worst financial panics in U.S. history. After listening to the interview, read an excerpt of the book which describes efforts by financier J.P. Morgan to stem the run on banks.

Concepts

theodore roosevelt

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Additional Tags

bank failures, run on banks, stock market crash, j.p. morgan, john d. rockefeller sr., new york's stock exchange, panic of 1907

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)