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)