Name:___________________________ Bell _____ Date:______________
GeoInquiry: Federal Reserve Banks
earning Target: I can identify the structure and
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function of the Federal Reserve system.
Map URL:http://esriurl.com/govGeoinquiry3
ASK
Why was the Federal Reserve System created?
Questions and Directions Answers
1. Click the link above to launch the map.
2. Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Knickerbocker Trust.
3. In the map, click the bank icon to open the pop-up.
hat happened at the
W hen the copper company
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Knickerbocker Trust Company? collapsed they started running on
the Knickerbocker Trust, which
quickly ran out.
4. Close the pop-up.
ACQUIRE
What was created to help prevent another bank panic?
5. Select the bookmark, National Capital.
hat is the purpose of the Federal The Federal Reserve is the central
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Reserve? ank in the US. Its purpose is to
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create a better financial system.
. Select the bookmark, United States.
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7. With the Details button underlined, click the icon, Show Contents
of Map.
8. Check the box to the left of the layer, Federal Reserve System.
9. Turn off the layers, 1907 Panic and 1913 Federal Reserve Act.
hat do you notice about the
W I notice some of them are very
distribution of the Federal Reserve large and some are very small.
districts?
EXPLORE
How do the districts represent the United States population?
10.Turn on the layer, Cities.
11. Zoom out to see the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii.
oes the size and distribution of
D es because most of them have at
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each district align to the least one densely populated area.
population distribution?
here would you justify building
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another branch? it is.
ANALYZE
Are the reserves equal in each district?
- ach district holds coin in reserve based on demand of the local region. More cash
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industries would mean that more reserves are held. Agriculture industries, such as
farming, are more cash-based industries.
12.Turn off the layer, Cities.
13.Turn on the layer, Farms By State.
hich district would you predict to 9 and 10
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have more reserves available?
hile each region has different
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demands, how might looking at for certain industries.
one industry help inform how much
a district would have in reserves?
ACT
How does each branch support the citizens of its district?
14.Turn off all layers except the Federal Reserve System layer.
15.Turn on the layer, Branch Presidents.
16.Click the branch president for the district that you live in.
Each year, every president travels to Washington, D.C., to advocate for what their district
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might need in relation to interest rates.
ow does this structure ensure that
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all districts, and their constituents, B
ecause not all districts are the
are equally represented? same and their demands are not
all the same.
