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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 9 Metamorphosis | Part 2 Chapter 10 War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peabody bring Morgan in as a partner?
(a) Because Peabody and Morgan are good friends.
(b) Because Peabody has no heirs.
(c) Because Morgan is wealthy.
(d) Because the Queen likes Morgan.

2. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?
(a) Louis Brandeis.
(b) Charles Mellen.
(c) Howard Taft.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

3. What company is the forerunner of what eventually becomes J.P. Morgan and Company?
(a) Duncan, Sherman, and Company.
(b) J.S. Morgan and Company.
(c) George Peabody and Company.
(d) Drexel, Morgan, and Company.

4. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?
(a) Increased monopolies.
(b) Increased regulation of banking.
(c) Increased trust busting.
(d) Increased regulation of securities trading.

5. Among the four Morgan partnerships, what is the only common denominator?
(a) The percentage of profits that Pierpont took from each.
(b) The clients of the partnerships.
(c) The business of the partnerships.
(d) Pierpont's position as senior partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pierpont when the stock market panic of October 1907 begins?

2. What location bought by Pierpont becomes the setting for many business and other meetings?

3. When did the first Morgans arrive in America?

4. Where is the command post of the Morgan empire?

5. The Northern Securities Company is a holding company for what?

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