| A | B |
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| stocks | certificates of corporate ownership; a way for businesses to gain capital |
| proprietorship | a one-owner business |
| standard of living | a measure of how well people's wants and needs are met |
| Roosevelt | President elected during the Great Depression |
| Rockefeller | Famous American entrepreneur who built a monopoly of Standard Oil |
| Black Tuesday | The October 29th stock market crash |
| the "New Deal" | a series of government programs developed during the Depression |
| recovery | a period of growth following a depression |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration | an economic program devised to help farmers |
| constitution | a set of rules by which a society is governed |
| trust company | a group of companies that hand over their stock to a central controlling board |
| stock market | a place where shares are bought and sold |
| corporation | a large business organization that acts as a separate unit |
| social assistance | old age pension, welfare, disability pensions... |
