Chapter 31- Life In The Roaring 20's Flashcards
Racketeer
A person who obtains money illegally by fraud, bootlegging, gambling, or threats of violence
Underworld
Those who live outside society’s laws, by vice or crime; organized crime.
Credit
In business, the arrangement of purchasing goods or services immediately but making the payment at a later date; a consumer loan.
Repression
In psychology, the forcing of instincts or ideas painful to the conscious mind into the unconscious, where they continue to exercise influence.
Surtax
A special tax, usually involving a raised rate on an already existing tax.
A. Mitchell Palmer
Earned the title of the fighting Quaker for rounding up suspects
Bible Belt
The region of American south, extending roughly from North Carolina west to Oklahoma and Texas, where Protestant fundamentalism and belief in literal interpretation of the bible were traditionally strongest.
John T. Scopes
He taught evolution in his classroom when it wasn’t allowed. He went to court and was represented by nation wide attorneys
Henry Ford
He created the model t and used an assembly line to make products
Nicole Sacco/ Bartolommeo Vanzetti
They were convicted of murder because of where they came from or what they practiced
Sigmund Freud
He was a physician who believed that sexual repression was a reason for many illnesses
Al Capone
He was in a gang and sold alcohol. He ,ace millions of dollars and was finally sent to jail for income tax fraud.
