APUSH Chapter 31 vocab

bible belt

The region of the 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.

functionalism

a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment

syndicalism

a radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions

repression

a state of forcible subjugation

installment plan

a system for paying for goods by installments

magnate

a very wealthy or powerful businessman

underworld

a world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as hades

credit

an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

surtax

an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed

provincial

characteristic of the provinces or their people

charismatic

possessing an extraordinary ability to attract

racketeer

some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)