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All The Presidents' Bankers Book Quiz 1

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  1. 1Which president's father worked with which elite banker to form the prestigious Metropolitan Club in New York City?
    1. AFranklin Delano Roosevelt's father and John Pierpont Morgan
    2. BTeddy Roosevelt's father and Junius Morgan
    3. CJohn F. Kennedy's father and John D. Rockefeller
    4. DCalvin Coolidge's father and James Stillman
  2. 2Which banker who would later chair a Big Six bank rented one of FDR's New York City townhouses during WWI?
    1. AWinthrop Aldrich from the Chase Bank (now part of JPM Chase)
    2. BThomas Lamont from the Morgan Bank (now part of JPM Chase)
    3. CJames Stillman from the National City Bank (now part of Citigroup)
    4. DGeorge Baker, Sr. from the First National Bank (now part of Citigroup)
  3. 3Which former Chase Chairman shared a fascination of puddle jumper planes with which president?
    1. ADavid Rockefeller and John F. Kennedy
    2. BJohn McCloy and Harry Truman
    3. CJohn McCloy and Dwight D. Eisenhower
    4. DDavid Rockefeller and Harry Truman
  4. 4Which major banker from which bank worked most closely with FDR behind the scenes in Washington to pass the Glass-Steagall Act?
    1. AJack Morgan (J.P. Morgan's son) from the Morgan Bank
    2. BThomas Lamont from the Morgan Bank
    3. CWinthrop Aldrich from Chase
    4. DJames Perkins from National City Bank
  5. 5The father of which president was selected to be the first head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by FDR in 1934 to police the banking industry?
    1. ALyndon B. Johnson
    2. BJohn F. Kennedy
    3. CGerald Ford
    4. DHarry Truman
  6. 6Who was the first president to select a major Wall Street bank CEO as his Treasury Secretary?
    1. AGeorge W. Bush
    2. BRonald Reagan
    3. CBill Clinton
    4. DGeorge H.W. Bush
  7. 7Which president appointed his son-in-law Treasury Secretary, and which banker that would later chair a Big Six bank, was appointed Assistant Treasury Secretary as a result?
    1. AWoodrow Wilson and Russell Leffingwell
    2. BTeddy Roosevelt and William Potter
    3. CWarren Harding and Albert Wiggin
    4. DCalvin Coolidge and Charles Mitchell
  8. 8Which President's grandfather ran a bank that ultimately became one of the Big Six banks that helped finance his campaign?
    1. AGeorge H.W. Bush
    2. BGeorge W. Bush
    3. CJohn F. Kennedy
    4. DRonald Reagan
  9. 9Which banker briefly dated the sister of which president?
    1. AGabriel Hauge and Harry Truman
    2. BDavid Rockefeller and John F. Kennedy
    3. CJohn McCloy and John F. Kennedy
    4. DDavid Rockefeller and Harry Truman
  10. 10The Treasury Secretary of which president recently joined a financial firm founded by a banker whose uncle was appointed one of the first Fed governors by Woodrow Wilson in 1914?
    1. ABill Clinton
    2. BRonald Reagan
    3. CBarack Obama
    4. DGeorge W. Bush

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Test your knowledge of the past century of blood, family, intermarriage, protege-mentorship and other ties connecting the White House and Wall Street, that form America's political-financial genealogy, power circle and most elite caste. All the Presidents' Bankers by Nomi Prins is available for pre-order online, and will be out April 8, 2014. For more info, please go to: www.nomiprins.com.
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