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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Morrow die?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1931.

2. Baring Brothers and Junius Morgan were principal holders of what type of securities, which were popular in London in 1890?
(a) Railroad securities.
(b) German securities.
(c) Argentinean securities.
(d) Banking securities.

3. What percentage of General Motors Company does the House of Morgan own when the company is formed?
(a) 10%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 20%.

4. Where do the Wall Street firms meet on July 31, 1914, when the European markets close?
(a) At the offices of the lawyers for the New York Stock Exchange.
(b) At the Federal Reserve.
(c) At the House of Morgan.
(d) At the New York Stock Exchange.

5. Whom does Charles Lindbergh marry?
(a) Betty Morrow.
(b) Susan Darrow.
(c) Anne Lamont.
(d) Anne Morrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puts England back on the gold standard?

2. Who is Charles E. Coughlin?

3. When does the stock market crash in Japan?

4. The Morgans were instrumental in helping Sosthenes Behn build what?

5. Who decides to open an investment house called Morgan Stanley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major merger occurrs as a result of the big dive in the stock and commodity markets in October 1939?

2. Even when Mussolini is criticized for his violent tactics, who seems to side with Mussolini and why?

3. In 1924 what are the House of Morgan ties with the candidates?

4. Why are loans made to Latin American countries considered risky?

5. What are the immediate results of the stock market panic in October 1907 and what is Morgan's role?

6. What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

7. At the end of World War I, what is the role of the United States and the Morgans with respect to the world financial markets?

8. What is the Glass Steagall Act?

9. Who represents Germany at the Paris conference where the Young Plan is adopted and why does he resign from the Reichsbank?

10. What causes a feud between the two Morgan partners, Morrow and Lamont?

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