pink slime. A popular term for an inexpensive, low-quality meat filler, which comprises up to 70% of ground beef sold in the US.ink slime. A popular term for an inexpensive, low-quality meat filler, which comprises up to 70% of ground beef sold in the US.
In 1913, the government established a new federal banking system, the Federal Reserve, to regulate the nation's money supply and to place some controls on banking activities. The largest changes in the government's role occurred during the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression. During this period in the 1930s, the United States endured the worst business crisis and the highest rate of unemployment in its history.
In reaction to the Great Depression, Congress passed the Banking Act of 1933, better known as the Glass-Steagall Act, calling for the separation of commercial and investment banking and requiring use of government securities as collateral for Federal Reserve notes.