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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. In what year does the bomb, attributed to anarchists, explode outside Morgan's Wall Street building?

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

3. Who was Ferdinand Pecora?

4. Why does Mussolini invade Ethopia?

5. With regard to his philanthropic goals, what does Jack Morgan collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

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

3. What are the Pujo hearings and what do they conclude?

4. Whom does Jack begin to groom for roles in the House of Morgan?

5. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

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

7. What is the Glass Steagall Act?

8. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?

9. By the year 1900, Morgan has come to control most of what transportation industry and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Anglo-American nature and character of the House of Morgan. What effect did this have on the development of the Morgan firms in general? Choose one period in history and discuss in detail how this effected the Morgan firms.

Essay Topic 2

The Morgans were involved in a number of industries in the US. Choose one and discuss in detail what the Morgan's involvement was, how influential the Morgans were in the industry and why, how long their involvement continued, why it stopped if it did, 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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