| A | B |
| Intolerance | an unwillingness to accept different ideas, people, or opinions. |
| Consumer Goods | products for personal use |
| Wildcatter | an oil operator who works independently in search of new fields |
| Stocks | shares of ownership in a company |
| Depression | severe slowdown in the economy |
| Unemployed | without work |
| Relief | aid to survive |
| Proration | plan whereby each well is limited to producing a certain amount each day |
| Scrip | paper notes given as promise of payment |
| Social Security | system established in 1835 to provide pensions to retired citizens and payments to unemployed workers |
| Repeal | removes as a law |
| Centennial | 100th birthday |
| Synthetic | human-made |