Question

Answer the following about J.P. Morgan’s business ventures, for 10 points each.
[10h] Following the bankruptcy of the Northern Pacific Railway, J.P. Morgan formed this company to consolidate Midwestern railroads before it was declared a monopoly in a 1904 Supreme Court case.
ANSWER: Northern Securities Company
[10m] J.P. Morgan locked several bankers in his library to help alleviate a 1907 event given this name. Earlier, he formed the Morgan-Belmont Syndicate to resolve another event given this name in 1893.
ANSWER: panics [accept Panic of 1907 or Panic of 1893 or 1907 Bankers’ Panic; prompt on Knickerbocker Crisis or financial crises or economic crises; prompt on runs on banks; prompt on economic depressions]
[10e] Resolving the Panic of 1907 involved merging the TC&I into a company producing this good. J.P. Morgan helped merge the companies of William Moore, Elbert Gary, and Andrew Carnegie that produced this good.
ANSWER: steel [accept U.S. Steel or United States Steel; reject “iron”]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY921.11100%89%22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY815.00100%50%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY618.33100%83%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1219.1792%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY915.56100%56%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY514.00100%40%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY816.25100%63%0%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY918.89100%89%0%

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Auburn BAlabama A0101020
Georgia AAuburn C0101020
Emory OxfordBelmont0101020
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C010010
Emory OxfordBelmont010010
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
FurmanMississippi State A0101020
Clemson AGeorgia Tech A0101020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E0101020
Emory OxfordBelmont0101020
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C010010
Emory OxfordBelmont010010
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C0101020
Georgia Tech DSouth Carolina B0101020
Clemson BSouth Carolina A0101020
Auburn ATennessee B0101020
Vanderbilt AVanderbilt B0101020