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25 Cards in this Set
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Who sought to create free trade zone in North America?
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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The Texas economy diversified in the 80s and 90s in Dallas and Austin with what type of enterprise
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High-tech
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What kind of political culture does Texas have?
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traditionalistics-individualistic
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What do states demonstrate as a distinct product of their entire history?
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Political Culture
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What existed with farming as a major economic enterprise in the early 20th century
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Ranching
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How did Daniel Elazar describe state political cultures
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Moralistic
Traditional Individualistic |
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Which commission began regulating oil & gas in 1917
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The Railroad Commission
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How many workers did the Texas Workforce Commission report that were negatively impacted by the free trade agreement
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35,000
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What political party dominated Texas from the end of the Reconstruction Era to the 1990s
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Democratic
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What political culture developed on the South that had the values of Slave plantation economy and Jim Crow
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Traditionalistic
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How did Daniel Elazar describe state political cultures
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Moralistic
Traditional Individualistic |
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Which commission began regulating oil & gas in 1917
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The Railroad Commission
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How many workers did the Texas Workforce Commission report that were negatively impacted by the free trade agreement
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35,000
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What political party dominated Texas from the end of the Reconstruction Era to the 1990s
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Democratic
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What political culture developed on the South that had the values of Slave plantation economy and Jim Crow
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Traditionalistic
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What are the 4 distinct regions of Texas
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The Gulf Coastal Plains
The Interior Low Lands The Great Plains The Basin and Range Province |
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What percentage of manufacturing employees in Harris County worked in refineries
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27%
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Name an early cash crop in Texas
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Cotton
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Which state political culture was rooted in New England, where Puritans and other religious groups created the Good SOCIETY
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Moralistic
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What county did the first economically significant oil discovery occur in Texas
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Navarro County
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Approximately how many square miles is Texas
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267,000 square miles
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What concept emphasizes rural values and Jeffersonian ideas of limited government
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Provincialism
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What political culture originated in the middle states where people sought material wealth and personal freedom thru commercialism
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Individualistic
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The discovery of oil in 1901 that stated Texas' Oil Boom occurred where?
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Spindletop
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What economic sector dominated Texas politics in the latter half of the 20th century
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Business
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