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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. Who is Siegmund Warburg?
2. When is England attacked by the Nazis?
3. When does the stock market crash in the 1980s?
4. What partner's son is on Dwight Eisenhower's staff during the war and works on his presidential campaign?
5. When does the Fed give banks the ability to float commercial bonds?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does US District Attorney Rudolph Giuliani criticize Morgan Stanley for the inside trading scandal involving Stephen Sui-Kwan Wang, Jr. even though Morgan Stanley was not involved?
2. Why does England sign the Munich Pact and what other countries signed?
3. What is the SEC new Rule 415?
4. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?
5. What is Cliveden?
6. What are tombstones?
7. Why does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation?
8. What are LBOs?
9. What event begins the long relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Morgan Grenfell?
10. How big is the trust operation of Morgan Guaranty after its merger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the golden age for the House of Morgan. Why was this called the golden age?
Essay Topic 2
In the 1970s there are merger talks among some of the Morgan firms. Discuss. Include which firms were involved, the factors that lead to these talks, the result of the talks and what happened afterward.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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