The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas

Flashcards about Texas Politics, People, and Economy

What is political culture?

Shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how government and society should function.

What are the traditional values emphasized in American political culture?

Liberty, equality, and democracy

What is political culture?

Shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how government and society should function.

What are the traditional values emphasized in American political culture?

Liberty, equality, and democracy

How is Texas's political culture categorized?

Traditionalistic individualistic

What is provincialism?

A narrow view associated with rural values and notions of limited government.

In Texas, how are business interests defined in the political culture?

Major players in terms of campaign contributions and lobbying.

What did the first great wave of technological change center on in Texas?

Cotton and cattle.

What did the second great wave of technological change center on in Texas?

The oil industry.

What is the third and most recent wave of technological change tied to in Texas?

The development of the high-tech digital economy.

Which country is the top importer of Texas exports?

Mexico

What three factors account for population growth in Texas?

Natural increase (births), international immigration, and domestic immigration

Which was the dominant ethnic group in Texas for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

Non-Hispanic Whites.

In what year did Henry B. Gonzalez become the first Mexican American to be elected to the Texas Senate in modern times?

1956

What did Black Codes do?

Restricted the rights of formerly enslaved people.

What forces are driving politics in modern Texas?

Urbanization and the accompanying suburbanization.

What does San Antonio's economy rest on?

Military bases, educational institutions, tourism, and a large medical research complex.

Which city in Texas has a per capita income and median household income that are both greater than their corresponding state averages?

Austin.

What demographic shift will impact the future of Texas?

Latinos will play an increasingly important role in the economic and political life of Texas.

Texas’s government matters because of what reason?

The lives and livelihoods of every Texan were literally in the states’ hands

Texas’s geography can be characterized by what factor?

Texas turned a large portion of its public lands over to private ownership.

Texas’s population can be characterized by what notable figure?

In 1972, Barbara Jordan became the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.