| A | B |
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| on margin | to buy stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest |
| default | to fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one |
| relief | aid for the needy, welfare |
| Public Works | projects such highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use |
| Hundred Days | a special session of Congress that dealt with problems of the Depression |
| New Deal | the name given to the new laws aimed at relieving the Depression,which pass were passed by Congress during the Hundred Days and the months that followed |
| Dust Bowl | The name given to the area of the southern Great Plains severely damaged by droughts and dust storms during the 1930s |
| migrant worker | a person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables |
| pension | a sum paid regularly to a person usually after retirement |
| Second New Deal | a new set of programs and reforms launched by FDR in 1935 |
| Social Security Act | a law requiring workers and employers to pay a tax that provides a monthly pension for retired people |
| subsidy | grant of money from the government to a person or company for an action intended to benefit the public |
| unemployment insurance | payments by the government for a limited period of time to people who have lost their jobs |
| Hoovervilles | pitiful shantytowns named after President Hoover's failure to act concerning the Depression |
| Bonus Army | WWI veterans who were promised money after the war |
| Stock Exchange | a place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system |
| Great Depression | economic crisis during the late 1920s and early 1930s |
