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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. When does Jack move Pierpont's art collection to the US?

2. In the 1920s the economic boom basically occurred in what economic or financial sector?

3. Who is Marriner Stoddard Eccles?

4. Who coins the term Money Trust?

5. Dwight Morrow is appointed Ambassador to what country by President Coolidge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Glass Steagall Act?

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

5. What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?

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

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

8. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

9. What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Morgans relationship with the Vatican from the beginning of the Morgan firms through the 1980s.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of banking regulations to the House of Morgan. Include at least three specific regulations, including the Glass Steagall Act, discussing the why they were enacted, their effect on banking in general and their effect on the Morgans.

Essay Topic 3

The Morgans' influence reached worldwide. Choose one or two countries in different parts of the world and discuss the Morgans influence through their initial involvement until the late 1980s or such time as their influence ended. Among things to discuss are why it became involved in the country, how it was involved, what was happening in the country at the time, etc.

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