Chapter 31 Vocab Flashcards
Racketeer
A person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
Underworld
The world of criminals of organized crime.
Credit
The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
Repression
The action of subduing someone or something by force.
Surtax
An additional tax on something already taxed, such as a higher rate of tax on incomes above a certain level.
A. Mitchell Palmer
Attorney general in the 1920s; earned the title of the “fighting Quaker” by his excess of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand. This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919, when a bomb shattered his home.
John T Scopes
A high school biology teacher who was indicted for teaching evolution in the “Monkey Trial” of 1925; defended by nationally known attorneys; clash between theology and biology proved inconclusive; found guilty and fined $100; Tennessee Supreme Court set fine aside on a technicality.
Henry Ford
An American industrialist, the founder of ford motor company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Bible Belt
The areas of the southern and Midwestern US and Western Canada where Protestant fundamentalism is widely practiced.
