Ch 15 Sec 1 - The Roots of Progressivism

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muckrucker
A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
direct primary
A vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office
initiative
The right of citizens to place an issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
referendum
The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
recall
The right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office
suffrage
The right to vote
prohibition
Laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
legislation
A proposed law to be voted on by a governing body
advocate
To propose a certain position or viewpoint
Jacob Riis
Wrote the book How the Other Half Lives; published photographs of the poverty, disease, and crime that afflicted many immigrant neighborhoods in NYC
Robert M. La Follette
Republican governor in Wisconsin; he became a model of progressive reform and attacked the way political parties ran their conventions
Carrie Chapman Catt
She became the leader of the NAWSA (National American Women's Suffrage Association) in 1915