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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. Where does the new Morgan Stanley office open?
(a) Washington.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

2. What political office does Dwight Morrow run for and win?
(a) Assemblyman.
(b) Senator.
(c) Controller.
(d) Congressman.

3. In what type of business does Junius Morgan begin his career?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Dry-goods.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Banking.

4. In 1936 there were Congressional hearings on the role of the bankers in what?
(a) World War I.
(b) The 1929 Crash.
(c) Germany.
(d) The Depression.

5. What does Morgan help Pope Pius Xi to do?
(a) Arrange a loan.
(b) Restore Vatican manuscripts.
(c) Arrange a conference with Mussolini.
(d) Understand the US financial position.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Pujo hearings?

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

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

4. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?

5. In what year is there a Wall Street panic partially caused by the failure of the Northern Pacific Railroad bonds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What financial deal makes Junius Morgan a force in the banking world?

2. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?

3. How does the Morgan firm restructure as a result of the Glass Steagall Act?

4. What does the US credibility in London and European markets depend on?

5. What is the Glass Steagall Act?

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

7. How do the Morgan partners come to finance Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis flight?

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

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

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

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