![]() |
Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the new Morgan Stanley office open?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington.
2. After Pierpont dies, who becomes the Morgan's manager on a day-to-day basis?
(a) Harry Davison.
(b) Jack Morgan.
(c) George Perkins.
(d) John Adams.
3. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?
(a) Charles Mellen.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Louis Brandeis.
(d) Howard Taft.
4. In what year does the bomb, attributed to anarchists, explode outside Morgan's Wall Street building?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1925.
5. When are the Pujo hearings?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1910.
6. Who is refused a seat on the Alleghany board after buying a major block of stock and is an enemy of the Morgans?
(a) Allen Kirby.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Van Sweringen brothers.
(d) Robert Young.
7. After the 1929 crash of the US stock market, where does the investment market switch to?
(a) Germany.
(b) Japan.
(c) England.
(d) France.
8. The Northern Securities Company is a holding company for what?
(a) Credit firms.
(b) Investment firms.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Steel.
9. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?
(a) Increased regulation of securities trading.
(b) Increased regulation of banking.
(c) Increased monopolies.
(d) Increased trust busting.
10. When is the Clayton Antitrust Act enacted?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1915.
11. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?
(a) Bonds.
(b) Art.
(c) The Panama Canal.
(d) Gold.
12. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?
(a) House of Mitsui.
(b) Japan National Bank.
(c) House of Fujimoto.
(d) Bank of Tokyo.
13. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?
(a) George Peabody.
(b) Louis Brandeis.
(c) Charles Mellon.
(d) Tom Lamont.
14. Where was George Peabody born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) London, England.
(c) Danvers, Massachusetts.
(d) New York, New York.
15. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?
(a) Mellon.
(b) Lamont.
(c) Brandeis.
(d) Heller.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who puts England back on the gold standard?
2. President Hoover believes that there was a Wall Street conspiracy against him that is engaging in what?
3. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?
4. In the 1924 presidential election what candidate does the House of Morgan have ties with?
5. The 1935 Wheeler subcommittee hearings involve banker involvement in what industry?
This section contains 370 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
![]() |