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46 Cards in this Set
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Political Culture |
Part of human society that expresses the basic attitudes of a particular community on how they believe government should be. |
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Moralistic Political Culture |
Belief that government should take an active interest in the public community and that the citizens should take interest and participate in civic duties. Regulated capitalism |
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Individualistic Political Culture |
Belief that the government should limit its providing role, so that citizens can pursue their economic self-interests. With pseudo-laissez-faire capitalism and free enterprise |
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Traditionalistic Political Culture |
Belief that the government should be controlled by elites and guided by tradition. Elite. |
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Provincialism |
Narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world often associated with rural values and notions of limited government |
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
Trade treaty among the United States, Mexico, and Canada to lower tariffs among the three countries. |
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Impresario |
Individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a particular endeavor, such as Moses Austin and Stephen F. Austin. |
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Poll Tax |
State-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting; poll tax was rendered unconstitutional in 1966 in favor of the 24th amendment. |
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Urbanization |
Process in which people move from rural communities to city areas. |
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What type of government has regulated capitalism? |
Moralistic |
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What kind of government is elite paternalist? |
Traditionalistic |
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What kind of government is suto laizze-fairre and is professional elites? |
Individualistic |
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Period in Texas from 1528-1835 |
Spanish/Mexican Period |
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During the Spanish/Mexican period, what were the three provinces Texas was split into? |
Bexar, Nacogdoches, and Brazos. |
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Describe Bexar's class system |
1)Creole: Pure blood Spanish 2) Mestized: Mixed blood 3)Vaquero: Natives |
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Define Ironclad Oath |
Oath that white men had to swear that they never do not support the confederacy and never would. |
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What are the four functions of a constitution? |
1) Legitimacy 2)Structure 3)Assign Power 4) Limit power |
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In the Brazos region, what were the steps to own a land-grant? |
1)Become Mexican Citizen 2)Become Catholic Roman 3) Obey laws of Mexico |
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What factors influence how states and region develop? |
1)Settles 2)Historical Events 3)Economic Development 4) Political Culture |
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What are the three limits on national state laws? |
1)Cannot pass ex post facto laws 2)Cannot pass bills of attainder 3)No titles of nobility |
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What are two factors in the gain and loss of population in an area? |
Immigration and birth/death. |
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If the median age is 35, is the population growing or declining? |
Growing |
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If median age is 51, is the population growing or declining? |
Declining |
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If a government is exclusive it only has... |
one national government |
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If a government is concurrent.... |
It has both state and national government |
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Why are there so many amendments in State Constitutions? |
1) More detailed and specific
2)Interest groups seek protection in contusion 3) Citizen distrusts in state government 4)Poorly written and arranged |
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Republic of Texas |
-1836 -strict separation of church and state -legalized slavery -weak chief executives |
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Key concepts of the Texas Constitution of 1869 |
-Centralized Authority in State -Weakened Local Government -Strong Chief Executive -4 year term -Governor appointed officials and judges -Deficit Spending allowed -Universal Education required |
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Key Concepts of the Texas Constitutions of 1876 |
-Decentralized authority -Strengthened local government -Weak Chief Executive -2 year term -Executives and judges elected -Deficit spending restricted -Universal Education outlawed |
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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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Separation of Powers |
The division of governmental power among several institutions that must cooperate in decision making. |
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Checks and Balances |
The constitutional idea that overlapping power is given to different branches of government to limit the concentration of power in any branch |
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Tyranny |
The concentration of power in any one branch of government |
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Federalism |
a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between central government and regional governments. |
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Supremacy Clause |
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 laws of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any sub-division. |
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Necessary and proper clause |
Article 1, Section 8, of the US constitution; it provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its power |
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Unicameral |
Compromising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature. |
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Bicameral |
having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses. |
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Unitary
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State governed as one single power in which the central government is supreme
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Confederacy |
sub-government |
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West Central Texas |
-German, Czechs, Polish, etc. in this area -Roman Catholic or Lutheran -Labor comes from self or family |
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East Texas |
-Major Cotton, Cattle, and Hog production -Large Slave popluation |
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Northcentral Texas |
Settled by people from the US MidWest. -Reform protestant |
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Constitution of 1861 |
Tx votes to leave USA for CSA (Confederate States of America) |
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