The Great Game: The Story of Wall Street
1. What was New York originally called? ______________________________________ 2. Where is the cradle of modern capitalism? __________________________________ 3. Who renamed the town of New York? ______________________________________ 4. Why were the first stock prices done in 8ths? _______________________________ 5. Who was the 1st Secretary of State? ______________________________________ 6. The 1st stocks sold to the public were in what? _______________________________ 7. What does the “Bull” symbolize? __________________________________________ 8. Why? _____________________________________________________________ 9. What does the “Bear” symbolize? _________________________________________ 10. Why? _____________________________________________________________ 11. What is Aaron Burr’s bank known as today? _________________________________ 12. Where was the 1st US financial capital? ____________________________________ 13. What caused New York City to experience boom growth in the early 1800’s? ________________________________________________________________ 14. By the mid 1800’s what industry dominated the stock market? ____________________ 15. In 1844 what changed communications in the stock market? _____________________ 16. How did the 1849 Gold Rush affect Wall Street? _____________________________ 17. Initially, what effect did the Civil War have on Wall Street? ____________________ 18. How did the government finance the war? __________________________________ 19. Wall Street became 2nd to only one other market in the world. What was it? _________________________________________________________ 20. What does caveat emptor mean? _________________________________________ 21. What was the new communications technology? _______________________________
22. When was Black Friday? _______________________________________________ 23. What was the issue? __________________________________________________ 24. What did Heady Green invest in? _________________________________________ 25. When did the Exchange close for the first time ever? _________________________ 26. In the late 1800’s what 2 inventions revolutionized Wall Street? ____________________________________________________________ 27. What happened on Wall Street in 1893? ____________________________________ 28. When did the New York Stock Exchange first require companies to issue annual reports? ___________________________________________________ 29. When was the Dow Jones Industrial Average created? _________________________ 30. What is the Dow? ____________________________________________________ 31. When did the Dow cross 100 for the 1st time? _______________________________ 32. What were the “Trusts” _______________________________________________ 33. Who was considered the “Trust Buster”? __________________________________ 34. Who was JP Morgan? __________________________________________________ 35. What were the causes of the 1907 Panic? A. ___________________________________________________________ B. ___________________________________________________________ 36. What happens when a bank “fails” ________________________________________ 37. When was the Federal Reserve established? ________________________________ 38. Why did the stock exchange close in 1914? __________________________________ 39. How long was it closed? ________________________________________________ 40. Where is most of the US supply of gold kept? _______________________________ 41. What was the purpose of Liberty Bonds? ___________________________________ 42. What does RCA stand for? _____________________________________________
43. In the early 1900’s, what were 3 signs that the economy was slowing down? A. ___________________________________________________________ B. ___________________________________________________________ C. ___________________________________________________________ 44. When was Black Thursday? _____________________________________________ 45. Who was the President during this time? ___________________________________ 46. Who was elected President in 1933? ______________________________________ 47. How did the “New Deal” affect Wall Street? A. ___________________________________________________________ B. ___________________________________________________________ C. ___________________________________________________________ D. _________________________________________________________ 48. What does SEC stand for? _____________________________________________ 49. Who was appointed as the 1st head of the SEC? ______________________________ 50. What ended the Great Depression? _______________________________________ 51. Why didn’t Wall Street “boom” during WWII? A. ___________________________________________________________ B. ___________________________________________________________ 52. Who was Charles Merrill? ______________________________________________ 53. Who was the 1st woman to hold a set on the Exchange and when did this happen? ________________________________________________________________ 54. What was Wall Street’s problem during the 1970s? ___________________________ 55. What does NASDAQ stand for? _________________________________________ 56. When was the NASDAQ created? ________________________________________ 57. When was Black Monday? _______________________________________________ 58. Who was the host of this documentary? ___________________________________