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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. What is the bone of contention between the New York and London Morgan firms?
2. When People Express runs into trouble, what airline does it merge with?
3. Who buys the one third interest in Morgan Grenfell that is sold by Morgan Guaranty?
4. Who is the head of Morgan Stanley's Mergers and Acquisitions department in the 1980s?
5. When does Morgan Stanley go public?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is SAMA?
2. What are tombstones?
3. Why does Morgan Grenfell go public?
4. What event begins the long relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Morgan Grenfell?
5. When Jack Morgan dies in March 1943, does the Morgan bank continue to operate efficiently?
6. What happens when the stock market crashes in October 1987?
7. Why does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation?
8. What Morgan Stanley policy begins to hurt them in the 1970s and comes to a head in 1979 with respect to a $1 billion issue with IBM?
9. Why does England sign the Munich Pact and what other countries signed?
10. When Mussolini has Giovanni Fummi, a Morgan agent, arrested as a spy what happens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
In the 1970s there are merger talks among some of the Morgan firms. Discuss. Include which firms were involved, the factors that lead to these talks, the result of the talks and what happened afterward.
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