History of Money and Banking
Across
- 2. characteristic of money that says it should be durable and not easily destroyed
- 9. interest using an original principal amount only
- 11. vetoed the renewal of the 2nd bank of the United States
- 13. money allows people to save wealth over time and use it in future transactions
- 15. characteristic of money where it is easy to move between people and over long distances
- 18. Act act that replaced all other types currency
- 19. characteristic of money that says it should be able to be divided into smaller parts
- 20. exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money
- 21. financial agreement where the borrower receives money and promises to repay the lender later
- 23. legal tender paper money which helped finance the Civil War
- 24. money backed by commodities like gold or silver
- 26. money allows people to compare the value of different items
- 28. act which created a national currency called the Fiat Greenback
- 29. characteristic of money that says it should have a stable value
- 30. money that is backed by the government and has no intrinsic value
Down
- 1. father of American banking
- 3. a good that has an agreed value, such as gold, silver, or copper
- 4. interest accumulated from a principal sum and previously accumulated interest
- 5. characteristic of money that says it should be uniform
- 6. money allows people to buy and sell goods and services
- 7. first country to use paper money
- 8. current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes
- 10. characteristic of money that says it should have a limited supply
- 12. number that estimates how likely you are to pay back a loan and make on-time payments
- 14. characteristic of money that says it should be generally accepted
- 16. paper money printed for the first time in the U.S.
- 17. payment card usually issued by a bank that allows its users to purchase goods or services
- 22. central banking system of the U.S, created on December 23, 1913
- 25. era in which U.S. Currency was issued by individual banks
- 27. monetary charge for borrowing money and typically has an annual percentage rate