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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. Baring Brothers and Junius Morgan were principal holders of what type of securities, which were popular in London in 1890?

2. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?

3. When was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act enacted?

4. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?

5. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?

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

3. What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

4. What is the Glass Steagall Act?

5. Why does Father Charles E. Coughlin, a radio priest of the time, attack the banking industry?

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

7. In 1938 what scandal begins to emerge?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Chernow divides the history of the House of Morgan into three parts. What are these three parts? Briefly discuss each. Include such factors as approximate dates, significant events in the financial world, significant historical events, important people, the Morgan firms, Morgan leaders, etc.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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