what is a referendum?

essay is: "Was the election of 1920 a referendum against the progressive era.? why or why not?"

i have some help with it already, but to start this off and look it up in my text book i just need what that question means in lamens terms. sorry i have no idea what that word means and the definition online isnt helping me at all.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/referendum

def. of referendum kinda dumbed down.

Quoting DifferentDay:" http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/referendum def. of referendum kinda dumbed down."

thats what i needed! lol i guess i overlooked that when i was google'ing it.

I have no idea really all I know is we are having a referendum in 2014 for us Scottish peeps to vote on wether or not we want Scotland to be independent from the UK. I will be voting yes in that referendum, I would love for Scotland to be an independant country!   So yes that's all I know of a referendum lol

yahoo! lol I just typed in "what is a referendum" hope it helped good luck on your midterm!!!

anks ladies. I just got so confused because the definitions of referendum doesn't play well in the sentence he gave us to start our paper.

<blockquote><b>Quoting ♥ logan's mommy:</b>" anks ladies. I just got so confused because the definitions of referendum doesn't play well in the sentence he gave us to st

where at in Philly are you from I'm in the Northeast

Quoting Jackie Morris:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ♥ logan's mommy:</b>" anks ladies. I just got so confused ... [snip!] ... of referendum doesn't play well in the sentence he gave us to st where at in Philly are you from I'm in the Northeast"

I'm in the Northeast as well, by the new WaWa on tyson and the blvd. how about you?