| A | B |
|---|
| Stocks or shares | part ownership in a company |
| stock exchange or market | a place where stocks are bought and sold |
| New York Stock Exchange | largest stock market |
| Black Tuesday | 29 Oct 1929 - Day when stock market crashed |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | government office which safeguards money in member banks |
| Depression | period ofhigh unemployment and little wealth |
| shareholder | person who owns stock in a company |
| bankrupt | the condition of being out of money |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | government agency whic tries to provide loans to banks and businesses |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime | popular song about being bankrupt |
| Happy Days Are Here Again | FDR's campaign song for the 1932 presidential election |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | winner of the 1932 Presidential election |
| Democratic | Political party of FDR |
| Hoovervilles | shantytowns where homeless families lived |
| Bonus Army | WWI veternas who wanted their promised benefits |
| installment buying | purchasing items by paying a monthly sum |
| buying on margin | the purchase of stocks by borrowing money |
| default | failure to meet loan repayments |
| eviction | being thrown out of your house or apartment |
| auction | an event where your personal property or house is sold to the highest bidder |
