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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 country was formed after the second Russian revolution?
2. What were the results of the Russian revolutions?
3. What would be the role of the IMF and World Bank in the new world order?
4. What occurred after the Second Bank of the United States was created?
5. What disagreement did Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson have about a central bank?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Chapter 15, why was the use of fiat money disallowed in the United States?
2. In Chapter 9, what restrictions were placed on the Bank of Amsterdam which was established in 1609?
3. According to Chapter 20, what was the economic outlook in the U.S. following the Civil War?
4. According to Chapter 18, what impact did stable banking practices have?
5. In Chapter 10, what resulted from the Mandrake Mechanism?
6. According to Chapter 25, what two social classes does the author predict for the future?
7. According to Chapter 21, what system was in control of the economy before the Federal Reserve System was established?
8. In Chapter 16, when was the first central bank founded in the US?
9. According to Chapter 9, what culture first developed the the modern equivalent of the banking industry?
10. According to Chapter 13, what was the goal of the secret society founded by Lord Alfred Milner?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
What city-state was the first to establish an actual banking system--a system on which modern banking is based? Discuss the establishment of early European banks. Discuss the seizure of the Bank of Hamburg.
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