Social Studies: Vocabulary

The right of citizens to place an issue on a ballot for a direct vote.

A journalist who wrote about dangerous working conditions.

Laws that would ban the production and sale of alcohol.

A direct vote on a proposed law.

A rundown neighborhood.

The right to vote.

To travel back and forth regularly.

A group of workers who unite to improve working conditions.

People who believed in using new and creative ideas for social progress and change.

A system in which people get political jobs because they had donated money to or were friends with politicians.

A special election during which voters decide whether or not to remove and elected official.

A way to protest working conditions by refusing to work.

Rundown building.