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60 Cards in this Set
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WHICH INTERPRETATION OF FEDERALISM WAS DOMINANT FROM THE FOUNDING TO MID THIRTIES
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DUAL FEDERALISM
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THIS FORMER GOVERNOR DURING THE 1960'S SWITCHED PARTIES FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN AND RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR PRESIDENT IN 1980. THE "KILLER BEE" INCIDENT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP HIM RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY
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JOHN CONNALLY
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HE IS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, A RADIO TALK SHOW HOST, AND IS FORMERLY CEO OF GODFATHER'S PIZZA
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HERMAN CAIN
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WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS THE ONLY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM OFFICE IN TX HISTORY
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NONE OF THE ABOVE:
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LAWRENCE V. TEXAS IS A US SUPREME COURT CASE IN WHICH THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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FALSE:
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HE IS A FORMER COMPTROLLER AND LT GOVERNOR. THE TX HISTORY MUSEUM IS NAMED AFTER HIM
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BOB BULLOCK
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THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, HERBERT HOOVER, CARRIED THE STATE OF TX IN HE 1928 ELECTION
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TRUE
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JIM "PA" FERGUSON WAS GOVERNOR OF TX DURING THE NEW DEAL PERIOD
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FALSE
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HE WAS A PROGRESSIVE GOVERNOR OF TX DURING THE 1890S AND HELPED BRING ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION
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JAMES S HOGG
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THE TX CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN AMENDED OVER 400 TIMES
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TRUE
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WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWLING WAS THE GOVERNOR OF TX AND THE LAST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR FOR OVER 100 YRS? HE IS PROFILED IN A READING AT THE END OF CH2 IN OUR TEXT
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EJ DAVIS
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THE FORMER GOVERNOR WAS IN OFFICE DURING THE 1940S AND WAS DEFEATED IN HIS ATTEMPT TO WIN A US SENATE SEAT IN THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION OF 1948
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COKE STEVENSON
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THE MOST RECENT MAJOR EFFORT TO REWRITE THE TX CONSTITUTION TOOK PLACE DURING THE
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1970S
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THIS FORMER MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DURING THE WATERGATE CRISIS OF 1970S
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BARBRA JORDAN
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THIS FORMER US SENATOR (1971-1993) WAS ALSO SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY DURING THE FIRST CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND RAN WITH MICHAEL DUKAKIS AS THE VP NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN 1988
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LLOYD BENTSON
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THE AMENDMENT PROCESS REQUIRES A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE OF THE FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE TX HOUSE AND THE TX SENATE FOLLOWED BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE OF TX VOTERS AT THE POLLS
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TRUE
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THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PIECEMEAL REVISION OF THE TX CONSTITUTION WHICH TX VOTERS APPROVED IN THE LATE 1970'S
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COUNTYWIDE TAX APPRAISAL DISTRICTS
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THIS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS A MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE FROM MINNESOTA, IS HIGHLY REGARDED BY TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS, AND HAS BEEN RUNNING AS HIGH AS THIRD IN MANY POLLS BEHIND PERRY AND ROMNEY
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MICHELE BACHMANN
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TEXAS IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD EX OF WHAT OUR TEXT CALLS A MORALISTIC POLITICAL CULTURE:
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FALSE
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WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A SHORTCOMING OR COMMON CRITISM OF THE TX CONSTITUTION
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IT PROVIDES FOR AN APPOINTED CABINET
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OIL WAS FOUND IN TX IN 1901 AT
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SPINDLETOP
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THIS WOMAN SERVED AS TX GOVERNOR FROM 1991 TO 1995
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ANN RICHARDS (SILVER SPOON)
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HOPWOOD V TX WAS DECIDED IN THE STATE OF TX'S FAVOR BY THE US SUPREME COURT
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FALSE
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN 1974 PASSED A NEW CONSTITUTION TO THE VOTERS OF TX, BUT THE VOTERS REJECTED IT IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR
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FALSE (MADE BY LEGISLATURE)
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HE WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF TX SINCE RECONSTRUCTION AND SERVED FOR 8 YEARS
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BILL CLEMENTS
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THERE ARE 2 TXS RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. GOV PERRY &
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RON PAUL
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WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WOULD ONE ASSOCIATE WITH THE EAST TEXAS OIL FIELD
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DAD JOINER
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THIS PERSON WAS HEAD OF THE TX DEMOCRATS IN THE 1950S AND ALSO SERVED 3 YEARS AS GOV
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ALLEN SHIVERS (SHIVERCRATS)
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WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF TX
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COKE STEVENSON
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HE HEADED THE DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS DURING THE 1950S (CALLED LOYALIST) AND SERVED IN THE US SENATE FROM 1957-1971
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RALPH YARBOROUGH
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THE SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE TX LEGISLATURE IN 2003 WERE TO REDISTRICT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
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THE US HOUSE DISTRICTS IN TX ONLY
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SHE IS THE 1ST WOMAN TO HOLD OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TX
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MA FERGUSON
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THIS IS THE LARGEST CITY IN TX, 4TH LARGEST IN THE US, POPULATION OVER 2 MILL
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HOUSTON
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SHE IS THE CURRENT SENIOR SENATOR REPRESENTING TX, FIRST ELECTED IN 1993 IN A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND REELECTED IN 1994, 2000, AND 2006
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KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
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THIS FLAG FLEW OVER TX FROM 1821 -1836
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MEXICAN
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THIS DEMOCRAT WON THE US SENATE RACE IN 1948 IN ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL RACES IN TX HISTORY
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LBJ
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THIS PERSON IS RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AND IS FORMERLY GOV OF UTAH AND US EMBASSADOR TO CHINA
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HUNTSMAN
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THIS CONCEPT OF FEDERALISM WAS MOST PREVALENT AFTER THE FOUNDING AND UP UNTIL THE COMING OF THE DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL. THE EMPHASIS IN THE PARTNERSHIP UNDER THIS CONCEPT IS ON COMPETITION
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DUAL FEDERALISM
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IN VAN ORDEN V PERRY THE US SUPREME COURT APPROVED A MONUMENT FOR THE LAWN OF THE TX CAPITOL WHICH DISPLAYED THIS DOCUMENT
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10 COMMANDMENTS
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THIS PERSON WON LBJ'S US SENATE SEAT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION IN 1961, THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO WIN A STATEWIDE OFFICE IN TX SINCE RECONSTRUCTION. HE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1991
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TOWERS
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THIS IS THE LEAST POPULATED COUNTY IN TX, POPULATION 67, ACCORDING TO TEXT
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LOVING
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THIS US SUPREME COURT CASE OUT OF DALLAS IS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE ABORTION CASE. IT ESTABLISHED THAT WOMEN HAVE A RIGHT OF "CHOICE" BASED ON PRIVACY DURING THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF PREGNACY
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ROE V WADE
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THIS APPROACH TO FEDERALISM IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 1960S, THOUGH PRES OBAMA OFTEN PREFERS IT AS DO MANY OTHER DEMOCRATICS TODAY
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CREATIVE FEDERALISM
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FLAGS WAS NOT ONE OF TEH 6 THAT HAVE FLOWN OVER TX
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GERMAN
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TX VOTERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF INITIATIVE, THE RIGHT TO PLACT AN ISSUE ON THE BALLOT BY PETITION OF A STATEWIDE VOTE
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FALSE
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THE PRESENT TX CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED BY TX VOTERS IN WHAT YEAR
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1876
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UNDER THE TX CONSTITUTION, THE TX LEGISLATURE MEETS FOR 140 DAYS EVERY YEAR
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FALSE; EVERY OTHER YEAR
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SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE US HOUSE WERE RECENTLY HELD IN WHAT 2 STATES
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NEVADA AND NEW YORK
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WHICH GOVERNOR OF TX IS FAMEOUS FOR GETTING LEGISLATION FORM THE LEGISLATURE FORBIDDING THE WEARING OF MASKS IN PUBLIC, LEGISLATION THAT HELPED DEFEAT THE INCLUENCE OF THE KKK
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MIRIAM MA FERGUSON
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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN PRESIDENT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND WILL ADDRESS THE UN TOMORROW IN NYC
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FALSE
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IN COMPARING TX TO THE OTHER STATES, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE
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TX IS IN TOP 5 IN NUMBER OF PERSONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
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ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE AFTER CH1 IN OUR TEXT, KKK IN TEXAS WAS AT ITS PEAK DURING THE 1940
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FALSE: 20S
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THIS PARTY WAS FORMED IN CRYSTAL CITY, TX, IN THE LATE 1960'S AND EARLY 1970'S
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LA RAZA UNIDA
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IN WHICH US CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT WOULD ONE FIND THE PHRASES "DUE PROCESS OF LAW" AND "EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW"
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14TH
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ACCORDING TO OUR TEXT IN THE SECTION ON "HOW DOES TX COMPARE" TX RANKS WHERE IN AIR POLLUTION
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FIRST
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WHAT TX GOV WAS INVOLVED WITH THE TX SUPREME COURT CASE EX PARTE RODRIGUEZ
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E L DAVIS
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ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU, TX RANKS WHERE AMONG THE STATES WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS LIVING IN POVERTY
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6TH
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THIS CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE
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RICK PERRY
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THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED "REACTIONARY" AS OPPOSED TO "PROGRESSIVE"
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TRUE
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AMONG THE "CONCURRENT POWERS" SHARED POWERS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATES, IS THE "POWER TO TAX"
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TRUE
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