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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 do Wall Street banks use as a form of finance during this period?

2. How much does Morgan Grenfell make on the American Tobacco deal?

3. Who becomes chairman of the Morgan bank when Jack Morgan dies?

4. Who heads the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Grenfell?

5. When does Morgan Stanley case to be a partnership?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jack Morgan dies in March 1943, does the Morgan bank continue to operate efficiently?

2. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?

3. How big is the trust operation of Morgan Guaranty after its merger?

4. What is the SEC new Rule 415?

5. In late 1988, what is Morgan Grenfell's major strength?

6. What happens at the Paris office, called Morgan et Compagnie, when the Nazis try to force them to accept Nazi deposits?

7. What are tombstones?

8. What is Morgan Guaranty's position with respect to Latin America?

9. What are LBOs?

10. What is Euramerica?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the House of Morgan started. Then discuss the major firms that comprised the House of Morgan, how and why they came into being. Choose one of the firms and trace its history from the beginning to the late 1980s.

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