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What is meant by an elite
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a small group of people that dominate the political process
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What is meant by the individualistic political culture
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the belief that government should limit its role to providing order in society, so that citizens can pursue their economic self-interests
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What is meant by the moralistic political culture
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the belief that government should be active in promoting the public good and that citizens should participate in politics and civic activities to ensure that good
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What is the North American Free Trade Agreement
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also known as NAFTA , trade treaty among the United States , Canada, and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries
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What is political culture
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broadly shared beliefs and attitudes about how the government should function American political culture emphasizes the values of liberty, equality, and democracy
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What is political economy
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the complex interrelations between politics and the economy, as well as their effect on one another
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What is provincialism
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a narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world
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What is urbanization
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the process by which people move from rural areas to cities
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What is the traditionalist political culture
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the belief that government should be dominated by political elites and guided by tradition
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Why is Texas considered a one party state
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Texas was considered a one party state because it was dominated by the democraic party for over one hundred years but that is not true today
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Geographically how big is Texas
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Texas is the second largest state comprising 267,000 square miles
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Describe the Gulf Coastal Plains
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The gulf coastal plains so called east Texas is characterized by hilly surfaces covered by forests of pine and hardwoods
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What are the interior low lands
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is an extension of the interior lowlands that run down from the canadian border. They are borderedby the Balcones Encarpment on the east and south and the Caprock Encarpment on the west
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Describe the Great Plains
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define the terrain in much of western Texas, rising from 2,700 feet in the east to more than 4,000 feet along the New Mexico border
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What are the three great periods of economic change that defined the Texas political economy over the last hundred and 50 years
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the Texas economy has been influenced by cotton and cattle, the oil industry, and the high tech
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What was Spindletop
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is a salt dome ffield located in south Beaumont, Texas. January 10, 1901 a oil well struck oil it produced more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Gulf oil and Texaco were formed to develop production at Spindletop
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What industries emerged during the 1980's in Texas
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the high tech industry emerged which included production centers for computer chips, personal computers, and other related computer hardware
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What is the population of Texas
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24,326,974
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Describe the ethnic breakdown of Texas in terms of population
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anglos which included Germans, Scots, Irish, Czechs, and European Jews...Hispanics were people of Mexican descent...African Americans were among African descent and were among the earliest exploreers of Texas
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What were the black codes
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were passed by the legislature and various cities that sought to restrict the rights of former slaves
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Who was Henry B. Gonzales
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He was the first mexican american elected to the senate in 1956,first to run for Governor in 1958, and the first elected from Texas to the U. S. House in 1961 born May 3 1916 in San Antonio
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What is a poll tax
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a tax of a fixed amount charged to each person to vote or to vote the 24th amendment prohibited this charge in Federal elections it violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
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The supreme court decision of Smith V. Allwright
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1944 was an important decision of the U.S. Supreme court with regard to voting rights and racial desegregation it overturned the Democratic party s use of all white primaries in Texas and other states
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What percentage of Texans live in urban areas
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about 86.8 percent
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Describe the three largest cities in Texas
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Houston population of over 2 million was named after SAM HOUSTON, Dallas population 1,232,940 , San Antonio 1,296,682
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CHAPTER 20 What is a CONSTITUTION
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the legal structure of a government, which establishes its power and authority as well as the limits on that power
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What is Federalism
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a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution between a central government and regional governments
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What is the supremacy clause
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article VI of the u.s. constitution which states that the constitution and laws passed by the national government and all treaties are the supreme law of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision
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What is the necessary and proper clause
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article I, section 8, of the U.S. constitution, it provides Congress with the authority to make all laws " necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers
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What is the the 10th amendment
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part of the bill of rights ratified December 15, 1791 it restates the constitutions principle of Federalism by providing that pwers not granted to the national government nor prohibited to the states by the constitution of the U.S. are reserved to the states of the people
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Describe the constitution of Coahuila y Tejas of 1827
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It formally guaranteed citizens the right to liberty, security, property, and equality. It also supported efforts to curtail the spread of slavery, an institution of vital importance to planters who were immigrating from the American South
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Describe the constitution of the Republic of Texas 1836
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It reflected the interests and values of these participants which were from southern slave states, Kentucky, and from Northern States
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Who was Stephen F. Austin
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Known as the father of texas, established the first anglo-american colony in the tejas province of Mexico
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Who was George Childress
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He wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence and adopted this was adopted at the Convention of 1836, modeled the document on the Declaration of Independence
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What is bicameral
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having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers of houses
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What is meant by impeachment
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the formal charge by the house of Representatives that leads to trial in the Senate and possible removal of a state official
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What were the major battles of the Texas Revolution
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Battle of Gonzales, Battle of San Jacinto
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what is found in the article 7 of the Texas Constitution
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education, states and universities cover over half of it, oversee the operations of elementary and secondary education in the states
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Who was Anson Jones
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1844 elected president of the Republic of Texas until Texas annexation
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Who was Sam Houston
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captured Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto 1836, general of military, elected commander in chief of the armies of Texas,
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What were the major features of the Constitution of 1861
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references to the U.S.A. were replaced with references to the Confederate States of America, public officials had to declare allegiance to the Confederacy and slavery and states rights were defended
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What was the confederacy
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the confederate states of America, those southern states that seceded from the united states in 1861 and argued that the power of a government is based in its states
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Who was Andrew Hamilton
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was the provisional governor who called a constitutional convention on November 15, 1865
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What was the 10% plan
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which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the union. Voters could then elect delegates to draft revised state constitutions and establish new state governments
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Who were the Radical Republicans
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a bloc of republicans in the U.S. Congress who pushed through the adoption of black suffrage as well as an extended period of military occupation of the South following the Civil War
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