Question: When was america taken off the gold standard?

context: During the Great Depression, every major currency abandoned the gold standard. Among the earliest, the Bank of England abandoned the gold standard in 1931 as speculators demanded gold in exchange for currency notes or in settlement of debts, threatening the solvency of the British monetary system. This pattern repeated throughout Europe and North America. In the United States, the Federal Reserve was forced to raise interest rates in order to protect the gold standard for the US dollar, worsening already severe domestic economic pressures. After bank runs became more pronounced in early 1933, people began to hoard gold coins as distrust for banks led to distrust for paper money, worsening deflation and depleting gold reserves.
question: When was America taken off the gold standard, but still allowed foreign governments to trade dollars for gold?
short_answers: 1933
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question: When was america taken off the gold standard and put on the gold exchange standard?
short_answers: 1944
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question: When was America completely taken off the gold standard?
short_answers: August 15, 1971

Answer: The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold). During the Great Depression, every major currency abandoned the gold standard. On April 19, 1933, the United States domestically abandoned the gold standard, but still allowed foreign governments to trade dollars for gold. The 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement led to the US adopting the gold exchange standard. On August 15, 1971, Nixon issued Executive Order 11615, which "closed the gold window", making the dollar inconvertible to gold directly, except on the open market.