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Chapter 6 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Muckraker | A journalist who spys on a community for corruption |
| 2. Direct Primary | a vote held by all party members of a political party to decide who is elected next |
| 3. Initiative | rights of citizen that allows them to measure or issue before a legislature. |
| 4. Referendum | practice of letting voters agree or disagree on issues by the legislature |
| 5. Recal | right of voters that allows them to remove an official |
| 6. Suffarage | the right to vote |
| 7. Prohibition | laws that ban anything to do with alchohal |
| 8. Arbitration | settling a dispute by agreeing on a third parties decision |
| 9. Social Darwinism | Charles Darwin's theory of only the strong survive |
| 10. Insubordination | disobedience to authority |
| 11. Income tax | tax directly on how much you make |
| 12. Unfair trade practices | trading practices that derive a gain at the expense of competition. |