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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Parker Gilbert's wife marry after his death?

2. Who is Charles E. Coughlin?

3. The Glass Steagall Act resulted in the separation of commercial banking from what?

4. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?

5. In the 1924 presidential election what candidate does the House of Morgan have ties with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In 1938 what scandal begins to emerge?

4. When World War I begins, what are the positions of the US government and the House of Morgan?

5. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?

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

7. What is the general economic status in the United States when the book opens in 1835?

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

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

10. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of leadership in the House of Morgan. Who were the five most important leaders? Why? Were these leaders also important outside the House of Morgan? How?

Essay Topic 2

Choose either World War I or World War II and describe how the Morgans were involved. Among things to discuss are their position with respect to the war, whether all the firms were on the same side, what influence they had with what governments, how they were financially involved, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Morgan firms that existed at the close of the 1980s. Identify their primary business, their major clients, and their relationship to other Morgan firms.

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