Chapter 31

Question 1

Racketeer

Answer 1

A person who obtains money illegally by fraud, bootlegging.

Question 2

Underworld

Answer 2

Those who live outside society’s law, by vice or crime; organized by crime.

Question 3

Repression

Answer 3

In psychology, the forcing of instincts or ideas painful to the conscious mind into the unconscious, where they continue to exercise influence.

Question 4

Surtax

Answer 4

A special tax, usually involving a raised rate on an already existing tax.

Question 5

Credit

Answer 5

In business, the arrangement of purchasing goods or services immediately but making the payment at a later date; consumer load

Question 6

A Mitchell Palmer

Answer 6

Attorney General of the United States from 1919-1921

Question 7

John T Scopes

Answer 7

Teacher in Dayton who violated Tennessee butler act

Question 8

Henry Ford

Answer 8

American Industrialist, found of Ford Motor company and sponsor of mass production

Question 9

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Answer 9

Italian born US anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and paymaster during a armed robbery of Slater and Morrill shoe company

Question 10

Al Capone

Answer 10

American gangster who attained fame during prohibition area as cofounder and boss of the Chicago outfit

Question 11

Bible Belt

Answer 11

The region of the American South, extending roughly from the North Carolina west to Oklahoma and Texas, where Protestant Fundamentalism and belief in literal interpretation of the bible