History A-Level
Weaknesses of the banking system
What Weaknesses of the banking system means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Unregulated, independent unit banks and lack of deposit insurance, so market panic rapidly triggered widespread bank failures.
Topics that use Weaknesses of the banking system
- Boom and crash, 1920–29 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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