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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. With regard to his philanthropic goals, what does Jack Morgan collect?
(a) Original manuscripts dated before the 1700s.
(b) Original manuscripts dated before the 1500s.
(c) Paintings from the 1500s.
(d) Paintings from the 1700s.

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

3. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?
(a) September 5, 1935.
(b) September 30, 1934.
(c) October 19, 1929.
(d) September 1, 1934.

4. When is the Clayton Antitrust Act enacted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1914.

5. The US credibility in London and European markets depends on the dollar's convertibility into what?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) British sterling.
(d) Bonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coins the term Money Trust?

2. How much money are Morgan partners rumored to make in a year?

3. Where does Jack buy a tavern?

4. During the 1920s how did corporations generally finance corporate expansion?

5. Where does Pierpont die?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1936 what causes the Congressional hearings into the bankers' role in World War I?

2. What is the turning point for when the House of Morgan surpasses the House of Rothschilds?

3. What are the first two crises that Jack Morgan faces after his father's death?

4. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

5. Why do the Morgans survive the crash of 1929?

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

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

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

9. After Britain goes off the gold standard in 1919, who wants them back on the gold standard and why?

10. What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?

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