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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. In 1977 what company does Kennecott Copper buy?
2. When does the US enter the war?
3. The repeal of the Neutrality Acts allows who to purchase arms from the US?
4. When does Morgan Stanley go public?
5. Which of the following is not a client of Morgan Grenfell?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation?
2. Generally, what is Morgan Stanley's role as the premier investment banking firm?
3. Who outmaneuvers Morgan Grenfell on the British Aluminum deal?
4. Why does Morgan Grenfell go public?
5. What Morgan Stanley policy begins to hurt them in the 1970s and comes to a head in 1979 with respect to a $1 billion issue with IBM?
6. What makes it impossible for Morgan Stanley to service large investors who trade large blocks for other blocks?
7. When Mussolini has Giovanni Fummi, a Morgan agent, arrested as a spy what happens?
8. What is Morgan Guaranty's position with respect to Latin America?
9. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?
10. What happens at the Paris office, called Morgan et Compagnie, when the Nazis try to force them to accept Nazi deposits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
The Morgans were involved in a number of major scandals. Choose one of these scandals and discuss. Describe the scandal in detail. Include such things as the firm that was involved, why it was involved, what its involvement was, what Morgan people were involved and how, what the short term and long term effects were, what changes were made in the banking or securities laws (if any), etc.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Morgans relationship with the Vatican from the beginning of the Morgan firms through the 1980s.
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