Govt 2306 Chapter 1,2, & 3

Moralistic

A belief that government is designed to promote the public good describes ______ political culture.

South

Traditionalistic political cultures, according to Daniel Elazar, are typically found in the

the broadly shared values and beliefs about government

Political culture is a term used to describe

Texas has multiple political cultures within its borders

Which of the following is the best description of Texas political culture?

The strong role of labor unions

Which of the following does not reflect one of the historic characteristics that make up Texas political culture?

2002

By ____, all major statewide elected offices in Texas were controlled by Republicans

labor unions

Which of the following political groups have traditionally had the least influence on Texas politics?

a narrow view of the world

Provincialism is best defined as

Business interests

Which of the following has traditionally dominated the political culture of Texas?

Gulf coastal Plains

Houston is found in the Texas

Lubbock

Which city is located in the Great Plains region of Texas?

Basin and Range Province

Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

the capitalist system undergoes periodic waves of transformation cause by new technologies

The term creative destruction refers to the process by which

Sharecropping

_____ is the system, common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by which farmers would be lent land and equipment in exchange for part of the profits.

tenant farmers

Who led the Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century?

After the civil war

When in Texas history did cattle become big business?

Oil was discovered

Which event occurred at Spindletop, Texas?

the Texas Railroad Commission

The regulation of oil and energy in Texas is performed by

Oil

____was the chief economic product of Texas during the early twentieth century

Dallas and Austin

Which two Texas metropolitan areas are national centers for the high-tech industry?

development of a high-tech industry after a slump in oil prices

Technological change in Texas is best evidenced by the

1992

What year was the NAFTA agreement signed?

free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

NAFTA established

a natural increase of births, in proportion to deaths

Which of the following contributed most to the increase in the population of Texas?

35 percent

Approximately what percentage of the current population of Texas is Hispanic?

White primaries

In 1944, the Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright ended

African Americans

Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas?

He worked with the Spanish government to bring American settlers into Texas.

What was Stephen F. Austin's role in the development of Texas?

Houston

Which city in Texas currently has the largest populations?

the intersection of two railroad lines

Dallas developed in the late nineteenth century as a result of

cattle

Historically, the economy of Fort Worth has been associated ith what industry?

the high-tech industry

The economy of San Antonio rests on the all of the following except

the sixteenth Amendment

Congress gained the power to tax income through

the Seventeenth Amendment

State legislatures lost the power to appoint their U.S. senators under

federal intervention into state responsibilities

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the legal basis for

national legislation passed by Congress

During the Nullification Crisis of 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

Unfunded mandates are imposed upon state governments

Among the advantages that are frequently associated with a federal form of government, which of the following is not normally listed as an advantage?

layer-cake federalism

Dual federalism is also known as

the great depression began

The relationship between the states and the federal government changed dramatically soon after

cooperative federalism

Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as

universal health care for all Americans

For eligible participants, the Social Security Act of 1935 instituted all of the following EXCEPT

Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

Medicaid, a national program providing health care for the poor, was added to the existing Social Security program under

Nixon

The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by President _____ under the name New Federalism

coercive

As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, some people began calling our system ____ federalism.

an unfunded mandate

When the federal government requires a state to meet federal guidelines without offering financial support to pay for these programs, it is known as

the seniority system rewarded members who spent many terms in office

During the Wilson administration, Texans held key leadership positions in Congress and had great political influence because

4

By 1912, Texas's population represented about ____ percent of the population of the entire United States

the democratic Party

After the Civil War and Reconstruction had ended, politics in Texas were dominated for several decades by

alcohol harmed individuals and families

Progressives favored the prohibition of alcohol, because they believed that

John Nance Garner

Though it was controversial at the time, President Wilson was able to pass legislation creating he Federal Reserve System with the help of an influential representative from Texas named

support for "Don' ask, don't tell"

With the weakening public support for the New Deal, the Reagan era reoriented Texans' support for all of the following except

John Nance Garner

Which prominent Texan served as FDR's vice president until 1940?

Lyndon Johnson

Which future president from Texas supported Roosevelt's court-packing scheme when he ran for office in the U.S. Congress?

construction of the Panama Canal

A key component of FDR's New Deal was greater emphasis upon public works projects, which included all of the following EXCEPT

the interstate commerce clause

In the Supreme Court case against Ollie McClung, the federal government claimed authority to end state-sanctioned segregation under which part of the U.S. Constitution?

West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage laws in

Conservative Democrats who supported Republican Dwight Eisenhower

Who were the "Shivercrats"

national defense

Since obtaining statehood, the one area in which Texans have most consistently supported the federal government is in matters of

Ronald Reagan

As Texans became disillusioned in the years following the New Deal, increasingly they began to support economic deregulation, tax cuts, and a strong national defense. Which presidential candidate made these goals part of his national platform?

an increasing ideological division between Republicans and Democrats

When Phil Gramm, a lifelong Democrat, switched to the Republican Party and easily won reelection, it signaled

not only could Congress regulate interstate commerce, it could regulate anything that affected prices and market condtions

In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that

South Dakota v. Dole

Congress's authority to withhold highway funding from states that failed to raise the legal drinking age was upheld under

Printz v. United States

Until a national database was created, background checks under the Brady Act were suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

strong support for Obamacare

According to the text, the Tea party era is marked by all of the follwing EXCEPT

politics in Texas is becoming more polarized

As a result of the Tea Party movement

moderate

A Tea Party political action committee, Club for Growth Action, targeted Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurt in his 2012 race in the Republican primary with a $1 million television ad campaign in which he was labeled a ____, the new derogatory label for a candidate in Texas.

marble-cake federalism

Today, our federal system is best described as

obtaining water supplies for urban areas

One significant problem facing Texas in the future involves

be registered to vote in state and national elections

One proposal to address illegal immigration in Texas is a guest-worker program in which temporary immigrant workers would be permitted to work in Texas provided that they do all of the following except

federalism

The system of distributing powers between states and central government is called

laws passed by the national government are supreme over all state laws

The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution states that

State constitutions are subordinate to the U.S. Constitution

What is the most important difference between the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions?

A system of government in which states maintain their sovereignty

Which of the following is the best definition of a confederation?

It established a bicameral legislature

Which of the following was not important part of the 1827 Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, established when Texas was part of Mexico?

Spain; Napoleonic Wars

The Mexican War of Independence against ___ grew out of the ____

Since independence from Mexico, Texas has had a bicameral legislature

Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the Texas legislature?

slave-owing southern states

The majority of delegates to the Convention of 1836 that drafted the constitution for a newly independent Republic of Texas were from

1836; 1845

Texas became an independent republic in ____ and became part of the United States in ______

That Texas would be a proslavery state

The main problem that stalled the admission of Texas into the United States was

Texas could maintain its own army and navy for twenty-five years

Which of the following was not part of the annexation agreement between Texas and the United States?

lawyers and slaveholders

The Texas Constitutional Convention of 1861 was dominated by

Texas had to return to the federal government parts of Oklahoma seized by Texas Confederate soldiers

Which of the following statements about the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1865 is not true?

those Republicans after the Civil War who controlled Reconstruction policy in the former Confederate states

Who were the Radical Republicans?

by members of the Texas Republican Party

The Texas Constitution of 1869 was created

Davis was a Republican who used the centralized powers of the governorship to maintain control over his regime

Which of the following statements best describes the post-Civil War governorship of E. J. Davis?

in an armed standoff in the capital between the Republican governor and the Democratic legislature in 1872

The domination of Texas politics by Republicans after the Civil War ended

They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers

Who made up the Grange, and what effect did they have on the writing of the Texas Constitution?

1876

In what year was Texas's current constitution ratified?

the necessity of strong limitations on the authority of state officals

Which principle of government is the key to understanding the drafting of the Texas Constitution of 1876?

giving independence to the judiciary by making all judges appointed, instead of elected

Which of the following was not a goal for those writing the Texas Constitution?

a long, complex, and detailed document

The Texas Constitution is

The Texas Constitution grants to Texans rights that are not found in the U.S. Constitution

What is the major difference between the bill of rights in the Texas constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights?

the right to employment

Which of the following is not found in the Texas bill of rights?

separation of powers

The separation of government into three branches-legislative, executive, and judicial- is called

In Texas, the executive department is made up of several elected offices, instead of just one

Which of the following describes a significant difference between the structure of the Texas executive department and the structure of the U.S. executive branch?

The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the senate has the power to try and convict

Under the Texas Constitution, who has the power of impeachment?

two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas

The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amendment?

The constitution was too restrictive and cumbersome for contemporary government

What was the main criticism of the current Texas Constitution behind the Ratliff-Junell proposal for a new constitution?

The judiciary should be appointed by the governor, with confirmation by the Senate

Which of the following was not part of the Ratliff-Junell proposal for Texas constitutional change?

Negative advertising in the media has had the effect of alienating possible voters

Which of the following is not a reason for the low level voter turnout for constitutional amendments?