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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused England to nearly go broke?

2. What decade marked the beginning of a tremendous surge in U.S. debt?

3. How did some organizations profit during boom-bust cycles by buying bonds?

4. What culture first developed the modern equivalent of the banking industry?

5. Which European bank become the model for the Federal Reserve System?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what restrictions were placed on the Bank of Amsterdam which was established in 1609?

2. According to Chapter 25, what did the author predict for the U.S. economy?

3. According to Chapter 18, what impact did stable banking practices have?

4. According to Chapter 13, what was the goal of the secret society founded by Lord Alfred Milner?

5. In Chapter 11, what place in history does the Rothschild family hold?

6. According to Chapter 22, when was the Federal Reserve Act passed?

7. According to Chapter 25, what two social classes does the author predict for the future?

8. What realistic scenario was discussed in Chapter 26 involving the U.S. monetary system?

9. In Chapter 12, what were the sales of English and French war bonds used for?

10. According to Chapter 19, what were the causes of the Civil War?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Mandrake Mechanism and its effect on an economy. Why was the system made to be complex?

Essay Topic 2

What did risky lending by banks lead to? How did the Federal Reserve support their poor practices? What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation established for? In the author's opinion, what was the underlying reason for the FDIC?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historic reasons for the Civil War. According to the author, what were some of the real reasons behind the war? What role did foreign interests play in the war?

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