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US History Chapter 6
Term | Definition |
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1. mucracker | a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society |
2. direct primary | a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office |
3. initiative | the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval |
4. referendum | the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature |
5. recall | the right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office |
6. suffrage | the right to vote |
7. prohibition | laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages |
8. arbitration | settling a dispute by agreeing to a accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
9. Social Darwinism | a philosophy, based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection, stating that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving |
10. insubordination | disobedience to authority |
11. income tax | a tax based on the net income of a person or business |
12. unfair trade practices | trading practices that derive a gain at the expense of competition |