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Which Constitution Is Described? - Resembled the US Constitution - Established a bicameral legislature - White male suffrage (Right to vote) - Defended slavery as an institution |
Constitution Of The Republic Of Texas |
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What Year Was The Constitution Of The Republic Of Texas? |
1836 |
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What Year Was The Constitution Of Coahuila Y Tejas? |
1827 |
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What Are The 6 Texas Constitutions? |
- Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas - Constitution of the Republic Of Texas - Texas State Constitution of 1845 - Constitution of 1861 - Constitution of 1866 - Reconstruction Constitution of1869 |
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Part of The U.S Constitution Reserves Power To The States, Which Amendment Has This? |
10th Amendment |
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Separation of Powers is Contained in both __________ and _________ constitution? |
U.S and Texas |
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What is supremacy clause? |
(Article VI of constitution) 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 states. |
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What is federalism? |
A system of government in which power is divided by a constitution between a central government and regional government. |
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What is Tyranny? |
The concentration of power in any one branch of government. (James Madison called it this) |
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What is checks and balances? |
Over lapping power is given to different branches of government to limit the concentration in decision making. |
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What is separation of powers? |
The division of governmental power among several institutions that must cooperate in decision making. |
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What is the main function of the state constitution? |
Is the governing document of the state which establishes it's power and authority as well as the limits on that power. |
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Who was Barbara Jordan? |
The first black woman elected to Texas state senate and first black in congress. |
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What is urbanization? |
A process by which people move from rural to urban areas. |
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Poll tax ruled unconditional by which amendment? |
24th Amendment |
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What is a poll tax? |
A state imposed tax on voters, it was used to keep blacks and Latinos from being able to vote. |
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What is an impresario? |
An individual who promotes, organizes, or helps finance a particular endeavor. |
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What is "Great Recession"? |
A time of chronic problems beginning in late 2007 that drew analogies to the great depression of the 1930's. |
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What are Texas economy's features in the 20th century? |
- Computers - Electronics - Other high-tech products |
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_________ and _________ have reinvigorated Texas's oil industry. |
- Fracking - Horazontal |
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Which industry controlled the politics and economy of Texas for most of the 20th century? |
Oil Industry |
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What is creative destruction? |
Creates new economies and destroys old ones |
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What is NAFTA? |
Treaty amount of the US, Canada, Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs amount the three countries. |
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What does NAFTA stand for? |
North American Free Trade Agreement. |
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What is the evolution of the Texas economy? |
- Cotton and Ranching - Oil Production (20th Century) - High technology and international trade |
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Who and what caused economic change in Texas? |
Joseph Schumpeter and "Creative Destruction" |
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What are the 4 regions of Texas? |
- Gulf Coastal Regions - Basin and Range Province - Interior Lowlands - Great Planes |
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Which Texas Region is this? - Cut wood - Oil fields - Slavery flourished - Political life grew out of - Border of Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico |
Gulf Coastal Region
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Which Texas Region is this? - Very beautiful (El Paso and Big Bend) - No Boarders - Lots of mountains |
Basin and Range Province |
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Which Texas region is this? - Agriculture / Lots of farmers - Dallas is on this boarder - North Central Texas - MSU is here |
Interior Lowlands |
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Which Texas region is this? - Big lake underground - Economy is agriculture and cotton - Very conservative; not a lot of diversity |
Great Planes |
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The situation in which one company, product, etc. has more power, influence, or success than others. |
Business Dominance |
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A narrow view associated with rural values and notions of limited government. |
Provincialism |
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Patterns in Texas politics indicates a "________" political culture. |
Traditional Individualistic |
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When politics is the concern of everyone and the government should promote the public good. |
Moralistic Culture |
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When politics is a matter for professionals and the role of government is strictly limited. |
Individualistic culture |
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When the government is run by an established elite. - Who reflects the values of the slave plantation economy |
Traditionalist Culture |
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Compromising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature. |
Unicameral |
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A legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses. |
Bicameral |
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The southern states that seceded from the US in the late 1860. Thought states powers were more important than national power. |
Confederacy |
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A block of republicans in the US congress who pushed through the adoption of black suffrage as well as an extended period of military occupation in the south after the civil war. |
Radical republicans |
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Which constitution was this? - Accepted the existing constitutional framework - Guided Texas's entry into the confederate states of America - Supported slavery - Defended States |
Constitution of 1861 |
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What was a unique feature of the Constitution of 1869? |
It was never submitted to the voters. |
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A want to limit the powers that had been wielded under the previous constitution by Republican governor Edmund Davis. |
A circumstance that led to the Texas constitution of today |
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A new Texas constitution was written when ... |
reconstruction ended |
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The major provisions of the Texas constitution today is ... |
Over 400 amendments |
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A government who's powers is fragmented because the election of statewide officeholders is independent of the election of governor. |
Plural executive |
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A government whose power are defined and limited by a constitution. |
Limited Government |
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A representative democracy, a system of government in which power is derived from the people. |
Republican government |
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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. |
Impeachment |
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Article 1 of the Texas constitution contains ... |
The bill of rights |
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The Texas bill of rights guarantees |
some rights not found in the US bill of rights. |
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The Texas constitution requires that Texas judges be elected ... |
By the people |
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Efforts to change the Texas constitution were voted ... |
Down by the people |
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A new constitution for Texas has a very small chance of ... |
being written and ratified |
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If held at the same time as presidential elections, more voter awareness of the proposed amendments, the amendments involved significant issues for voters then the voter turnout for constitutional amendment elections could be ... |
Improved |
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What is Article One? |
The bill of rights |
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What does the bill of rights mean? |
All free men have free and equal rights that cannot be denied to due to sex, race, color, or national origin. |
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Article two |
Powers of government |
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Powers of government |
Divides power of government in Texas into three branches, legislative, executive and judicial. |
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Article 3 |
Puts legislative power in two houses ; Senate and house of representatives |
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article 4 |
Executive Department |
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executive department consists of |
executive shall consist of 6 distinct offices, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller, land commissioner and attorney general. |
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Article 5 |
Judicial Department |
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Judicial department |
Created one supreme court, one court of criminal appeals, district courts, commissioner's court, and justice of peace. |
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Article 6 |
Suffrage |
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Suffrage |
Who may vote in texas |
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Article 7 |
Education |
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education |
Duty of the state legislature to support and maintain an efficient system of public free schools. |
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Article 8 |
Taxation and revenue |
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taxation and revenue |
Enables the legislature to tax income of individuals an businesses |
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Article 9 and 11 |
Discussions of the creation, organization and operation of counties and municipal corporations |
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Article 10,12,13,14 |
Deals with railroads, private corporations, Spanish and Mexican land titles, public lands, etc. |
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article 15 |
impeachment |
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Who can impeach |
House has power to impeach senate has power to try governor |
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Article 16 |
General provisions |
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general provisions |
discussing a variety of issues |
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Article 17 |
Amending the constitution |
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amending the constitution |
explains how the constitution can be amended in s 4 stage process |
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who wanted Texas to come into the constitution? |
James Polk |
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Who wrote the Texas declaration of Independence? |
George C. Childress |
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What was the main function of state party organizations? |
To serve as brand labels for voters to determine whom to vote for in the elections. |
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The degree to which republicans have become more conservative and democrats have become more liberal. |
Partisan polarization |
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the introduction of individuals into the political culture, learning the underlying beliefs and values on which the political system is based. |
Political socialization |
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the most basic level of political organization at the local level |
Precinct |
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The local party official, elected in the party's primary election who heads the precinct convention and serves on the party's county executive committee. |
Precinct chair |
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the party group, made up of party's county chair and precinct chairs that is responsible for running a county's elections and planning county conventions. |
county executive committee |
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the county party official who heads the county executive committee. |
county chair |
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the committee responsible for governing a party's activities throughout the state. |
state executive committee |
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the top two state level leaders in the party |
state chair and vice chair |
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a meeting held by a political party following its precinct convention and to submit resolutions. |
precinct convention |
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a party meeting held every two years for the purpose of electing delegates to state convention |
county convention |
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A party meeting held every two years for the purpose of nominating candidates for statewide office, adopting a platform, electing party leadership. |
state convention |
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conservative democrats who abandoned the national democratic party in the 1948 presidential election. |
Dixiecrat |
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the process by which political parties become more distant from each other in terms of ideology |
Partisan polarization |
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groups not in democratic party base |
business leaders |
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Fastest growing minority group in texas |
latinos |
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highest level of temporary party organization |
state convention |
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the third party that has most success in winning elections in texas after world war II |
La Raza United |
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evolution of the party system in texas has traditionally been a what type of state |
a one-party state |
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a movement led by the texas governor Allan shrivrs during the 1950's in which conservative democrats in texas supported republican candidate Dwight Eisenhower for president. |
Shivercrat movement |
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a ballot vote in which citizens a party's nominee for the general election |
primary election |
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a second primary election held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first vote but nobody had a majority. |
runnoff primary |
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a primary election in which any registered voter can participate in the contest regardless of which party you are. |
open primary |
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the election in which voters cast ballots to select public officials |
general election |
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an election that is not held on a regularly scheduled basis |
special election |
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what type of primary does texas have |
closed primary |
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a state-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting |
toll tax |
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voting rights act od 1965 |
ensured blacks would be guaranteed the right to vote |
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the two most important factors in determining whether someone will vote are |
income and education |
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the most costly item for most political campaigns |
media |
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importance of county government in texas |
county fovernment in texas provide water, electricity, sewer services, police protection and public education. |
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how many counties in texas |
254 |
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which county officials are responsible for the jail and safety of the prisoners |
sheriff |
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- mayor council form of government, commissioner form of government, council manager form of government are types of |
city government in texas |
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council-mayor's powers enable him to control executive departments and the agenda of the city counsil |
strong mayor |
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council-the mayors power is limited |
week mayor |
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cover different cities and counties, operate school districts and water districts, levy property taxes |
role of special districts |
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a tax based on an assessment of the value of one's property which is used to pay for services provided by local governments |
property tax |
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Two types of special districts found in texas |
schools and non-schools |
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cubs are going to world series for the first time in how many years? |
71 years |
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cubs are playing who in the world series |
cleveland indians |
