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