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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 political office does Dwight Morrow run for and win?

2. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?

3. Which Morgan partner is serving as banker to Japan?

4. Who decides to open an investment house called Morgan Stanley?

5. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father Charles E. Coughlin, a radio priest of the time, attack the banking industry?

2. Why are loans made to Latin American countries considered risky?

3. At the end of World War I, what is the role of the United States and the Morgans with respect to the world financial markets?

4. What are the first two crises that Jack Morgan faces after his father's death?

5. How does the Morgan firm restructure as a result of the Glass Steagall Act?

6. What is the general economic status in the United States when the book opens in 1835?

7. In 1938 what scandal begins to emerge?

8. What does the US credibility in London and European markets depend on?

9. What are holding companies and are the Morgans involved?

10. What major merger occurrs as a result of the big dive in the stock and commodity markets in October 1939?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of banking regulations to the House of Morgan. Include at least three specific regulations, including the Glass Steagall Act, discussing the why they were enacted, their effect on banking in general and their effect on the Morgans.

Essay Topic 2

The Morgans, including the Morgan firms, individual Morgans and individual Morgan partners, were influential directly in a number of US presidencies. Choose two of these individuals and discuss their influence with the particular US president involved. Be specific in your answer. Among other things, include why they had influence, over what did they have influence, how they used the influence, whether their influence led to a change in policy, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Morgan firms that existed at the close of the 1980s. Identify their primary business, their major clients, and their relationship to other Morgan firms.

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