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Which of the following terms describe the dominant political values and beliefs in a nation or state?
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-political culture
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Which is a correct statement about social conservation in Texas?
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-support govt. activity to enforce what the view as moral behavior and traditional cultural values
-supports law enforcement, drug control, and immigration enforcement -support the use of state power to restrict pornography, abortion, and same-sex marriage -support the use of state power to restrict gambling |
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What percentage of Texans say they are "in the middle" between conservative and liberal viewpoints?
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-25%
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Fifty-three percent of Texans believe we spend too little on which specific public policy?
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-Elementary and secondary education
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According to Daniel Elazar which of the following distinct political subculture does not exist in Texas
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-modernistic
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Which of the following is considered an aspect of the moralistic subculture?
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-a concern with "right and wrong" in politics
-view of govt. as a positive force -politicians not profiting from their public service -non religion attitudes |
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Which of the following is a correct statement about the individualistic political subculture?
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-govts. prime objective is to further private enterprises
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Which of the following is NOT considered a belief of the traditionalistic political subculture?
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-believes in public rather than personal solutions to problems
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According to Daniel Elazar what is the subculture of Texas?
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-traditionalistic and individualistic
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Which is a true statement about political participation due to Texas's political subculture?
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-participation in politics is not as highly regarded in those states with moralistic culture
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Which is not a correct statement about Texas according to D.W. Meinig?
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-There is such a thing as a "typical" Texan
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Which region of Texas is an extension of the Old South?
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-East Texas
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Which region of Texas has experienced continuous growth because of Spindle top?
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-gulf coast
-spindletop( oil company) |
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Due to its growth by migration from other regions and nations, Houston street sign can be seen in all of the following languages except?
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-German
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Which describes a Mestizo?
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-An individual of both spanish and Native american lineage
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Which of the following is not correct about modern South Texas?
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-The Rio Grande is now one of America's least ecologically endangered rivers
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Which region of Texas is socially and politically conservative and a stronghold of the Texas Republic party?
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-German Hill Country
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Which city advertises itself as the "sheep and wool capitol of the world"?
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-San Angelo
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Which region is called the "core area" of Texas?
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-central Texas
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During the period of Texas Republic, married women had all of the following rights to
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-control their own property
- inherited property - share ownership of the community |
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Which of the following groups supported Governor James Ferguson's impeachment?
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-Anti-corruption advocates
-suffragists -politically power UT graduates |
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Which Act granted married women equal right in insurance, banking, real estate, contracts, divorce, child custody, and property rights?
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-martial property act
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Which individual successfully overturned Roe v. Wade in 1973?
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-Sarah Weddington
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The white primary, which was the practice of excluding African American from Democratic party, primary elections in Texas was found unconstitutional as a result of which court case?
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-Smith v. Allwright
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The KKK saw a threat to their values coming from which of the following groups?
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-Latinos, German-Americans, African Americans
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Which courts case validated the exclusion of African Americans from the Texas Democratic primary?
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-Nixon v. Herndon
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In 1956, Governor Allan Shivers declared which demonstration and "orderly protest" and sent the Texas Rangers to support the protesters?
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-Mansfield school desegregation incident
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Which individuals was not one of the "BIg four" African Americans who shaped the civil rights stubble in the 1950's and 1960's?
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-Wiley Bishop
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The first Texas sit-in to protest segregation was organized by which civil rights organization
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-CORE
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Which cases tested the practice of forcing vagrants or debtors to repay farmers by requiring them to work off debts and fines as labor on private farms?
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-Raymondville Peonage cases
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Which is not an example of life in South Texas for Mexican-Americans after WW2?
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-the start of public school integration
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Which individual organized the American GI forum?
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-Dr. Hector Garcia
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Which organization served as a catalyst for granting Latino Americans full citizenship and civil respect?
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-American GI forum
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The funeral of Felix Longoria resulted in?
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-the spark that ignited Latino Texas to fight for civil rights
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Which US senator was instrumental in arranging for private Felix Longoria's burial at Arlington National Cemetery?
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-Lyndon B. Johnson
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What was the primary focus for much of the Latino civil activism in the 1960's and 1970's?
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-organizing into labor unions
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Which court case argued that Latino children were denied the same school facilities and educational instruction available to other white races?
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-Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
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Which court case prohibited segregation of Mexican-American children on separate campuses on the basis of race?
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-Herminca Hernandez et al vs. Driscoll Consolidated ISD
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Which court case argued that Latinos, although white, were "a class apart" and suffered discrimination on the basis of their "class"?
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-Hernandez v. State of Texas
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What was the legal position of the state of Texas in Hernandez v. Texas with regards to Latinos?
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-Latinos were white, so excluding them from all-Anglo juries could not be legal discrimination
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In what way does the defense of marriage Act complicate the gay, lesbian, transgender battle for equal rights?
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-it defines what marriage is and is not
-states do no have to recognize same sex marriages -states do not have to recognize same sex marriages from other states |
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Which is not a correct statement about Texas's population growth?
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-Texas is still predominately rural and agrarian
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Lower income levels among minorities in Texas are indicative of?
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-limited educational opportunity
-lack of health insurance -lower rate of participation in the states civic life |
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Today, inequality among ethnic groups is no longer reflected by overt official legal discrimination as by
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-unequal wealth
-low income -limited access to health care |
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Traditionalistic political subculture is found primarily in which states?
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-south
-Border states |
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What characteristics reflected the Old South's elitism that aimed to limit political participation to the "right people"?
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-restrictive voting requirements (poll tax)
-white primaries -registration requirements |
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A 2009 study named Texas's tax system is one of the ten?
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-most regressive
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Which president was angered by continued news stories reporting that blacks were still being turned away from public accommodations in the state capital of Austin during his presidency?
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-Lyndon Johnson
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Why after the civil war did the Republican party become the party of the North?
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-freed slaves
-defeated the confederacy -responsible for the "abuse of reconstruction" |
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What caused the change in perception of the Republican party in the 1980's from an "elitist country-club party" to more "populist" one?
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-the election of Ronald Reagan
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Governor turned President George W. Bush
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-realigned political support for the Republican party
-made Texas a truly " red state " -reinforced Texan's conservatism |
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Which group of individuals contributed to the development of Texas's individualistic subculture?
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-midwestern settlers
-immigrants -German settlers |
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Which frontier experience had a strong impact on the individualistic culture in Texas?
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-the spanish establishing the 1st permanent settlement in Texas
-The native Americans "threat" in Texas -Pershing sending the US army into Mexico |
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Which characteristics define Texas's frontier justice mentality?
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-support for death penalty
-opposition on gun control -belief in self-reliance |
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Texas's comparatively low levels of funding to social programs illustrate which type of political subculture?
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-individualistic
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Among all the states in the US, Texas ranks near the bottom in all of the following categories except?
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-teenage birth rates
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The political climate in Texas has historically been described as?
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-business friendly
-low taxes -right to work |
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In Texas, acquiring ___ indicated a path social and economic power?
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-land
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What best describes Texas's philosophy today?
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-the best govt. is the govt.
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Texas's weak governor, part-time legislature and power divided among many elected officials are indicative of which types of political subculture?
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-traditionalistic
-individualistic |
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Government is a process of decision making conditioned by all of the following except?
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-bureaucracy
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Constitutions are expected to do all of the following except?
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-identify political leaders
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A constitution promotes ___ if the general public agrees that the govt. has the right to govern it citizens?
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-legitimacy
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The constitution of the Texas Republic and first states constitutions are products of?
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-plantation culture
-Anglo protestant slave holders -provision of Spanish-Mexican law |
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Which of the following concerning the Texas constitution of 1836 is not correct?
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-it established a federal system of govt. for the Republic
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Texas fought and won its independence from which of the following countries?
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-Mexico
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The constitution of the Republic of Texas adopted some provisions from Spanish-Mexican law, including
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-homestead protections
-protection for a wife’s property rights -concept of community property |
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Which is a correct statement about Texas?
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-Texas won independence in 1836 and gained statehood in 1845.
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Common law refers to
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-customs upheld by courts and derived from British tradition
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What issued delayed Texas annexation to the United States in 1836?
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-The slavery controversy in the United States
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Which of the following is not true of the Texas Constitution of 1845
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-It granted the governor a term of four years
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The kind of ballot that results from the election of a large number of independent executive and judicial officers is a
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-long ballot
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Which is a correct statement about the Texas Constitution of 1866?
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-Secession from the union was nullified
-Confederate war debts were renounced -A civilian government was established |
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Which of the following is not correct about the Texas Constitution of 1869?
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-It decentralized the Texas public school system
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Which of the following is not true of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
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-It was passed by the Radical Democrats in Congress
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Which of the following was the slogan of the Texas Grange going into the 1875 Constitutional Convention?
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-“Retrenchment and reform”
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The Constitution of 1875 was opposed by all of the following groups with the exception of?
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-Democrats
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Texas Grangers were opposed to the idea of?
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-public education
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A pragmatic view of the role of state constitutions should not lead to the conclusion that they are?
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-only incidental to good government
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The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the ________Amendment to extend many national constitutional guarantees to the states?
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-Fourteenth
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Article 1, Section 19 of the Texas Constitution protects against?
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-due process
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Law passed by legislatures and written into code books is?
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-statutory law
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Which of the following is not a guaranteed additional right granted by the current Texas Constitution?
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-It prohibits the garnishment of wages for any reason.
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Which is not encompassed by the principle of check and balances?
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-Confirmation of appointments given to the House of Representatives
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Which of the following is not true of the Texas Legislature?
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-Senators serve six-year terms and Representatives serve four-year terms
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Article 3 of the Texas Constitution assigns power to a _______ legislature consisting of the 31 members of the senate and the 150 members of the house of representatives.
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-bicameral
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Which state agency is permitted to recommend salary increases for legislators?
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-Texas Ethics Commission
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Which is a correct statement about Texas special sessions?
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-Texas special sessions are more restrictive than any other state.
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Which statement is correct regarding term limitations of legislators in the Texas state constitution?
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Term limits do not exist in the constitution.
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State constitutional provisions voided by a conflicting U.S. constitutional is
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-deadwood
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According to the Texas Constitution, which of the following is not true concerning the executive branch of government?
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-The requirements to be governor are stricter in Texas than other states
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Which power allows the governor to appoint supervisory boards but not operational directors for most state agencies?
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-Indirect appointive
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The Texas Constitution makes the governor a relatively weak executive; however, he maximizes influences with
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-his tenure in office
-his appointive powers -his veto power |
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The power of some governors to reduce amounts in an appropriations bill without striking them out is defined as
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-reduction veto
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Texas and Oklahoma are the only states that have
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-two courts of final appeals
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Which of the following is not a power granted to the Texas governor?
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-Reduction veto
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Which of the following is not a proposal to reform the process of selecting judges in Texas?
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-Term limits
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The constitution stipulates that state judges are to be selected by which method?
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-Partisan election by the voters
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Which is another name for the merit selection of judges?
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-The Missouri Plan
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The state government decentralizes power by assigning many functions to units of local government, especially
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-counties
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________ is a document authorizing the establishment of a city with a population of 5,000 or less whose structure and organization are prescribed and limited by state law
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-General-law charter
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Which of the following has limited purposes in terms of local government?
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-Special districts
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Which election method allows citizens to place proposals on the ballot for voter approval? If the measure passes, it becomes law.
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-Initiative
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Which method of election permits voters to determine if an ordinance or statute will go into effect?
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-Referendum
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Texas gives its voters the power to do which of the following?
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-Approve constitutional amendments
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Which of the following is true about the Texas Constitution’s amendment process?
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-Ratification by the majority of voters
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Article 17 of the Texas Constitution provides for
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-proposal of Constitutional Amendments
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Texas does not permit voters to decide directly on
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-legislative appointments
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James Leininger has been a major force in Texas politics because
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-he is co-founder of Texas Public Policy Foundation, which influences Texas’s tax and education policies
-he was the driving financial force behind the constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage -he is a major sponsor of Governor Perry’s political career |
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Which is not a correct statement about the present-day Texas Constitution?
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-It is the longest state constitution
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The Constitutional Convention of 1974 was divided over which issue?
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-Reducing the term of the governor to two years
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Opposition to the 1975 proposed constitutional overhaul centered on all of the following issues except
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-biennial legislative sessions
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When state governments misuse their powers, the response is usually to
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-place constitutional limitations and restrictions on those powers
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Which statement most accurately reflects state constitutions?
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-They are poorly written and, as a result are interpreted to be overly restrictive
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State constitutions require more amendments because of each of the following except
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-state constitutions are usually written in general terms and need additional clarification
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Compared to the United States and other state constitutions, Texas generally has
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-more words
-more total amendments -higher frequency of amendments per year |
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During the decade that followed the Civil War, Texas went from a period of Reconstruction to one of reconstitution. This was defined by
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-the drive to guarantee former slaves their political and civil rights
-the centralization of state power created an anti-government political environment -the attitudes of those who wrote and ratified it |
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In 1867, the Radical Republicans in Washington prevailed among the postwar factions with
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-strengthening military rule
-the removal of local officials -requiring former Confederate states to ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments |
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Which of the following is true about the Constitution of 1869?
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-It gave the governor the power to appoint members of the Texas Supreme Court
-The legislature was permitted to meet annually -It created the perception that it was more concerned with punishing than reconstructing Texas |
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Which U.S. Supreme Court case voided the Texas’ governor’s election of 1873?
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-Ex parte Rodriguez
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A system of government that is divided and shared between a national or central government and state or regional governments is utilized by
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-North America
-Mexico -Canada |
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What was one critical challenge to writing the Articles of Confederation in 1787?
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-The creation of a representative government for a large nation with a diverse population
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Texas’s political figures have been pushing for a shift in power
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-away from the federal government
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Powers of the national government stated in the United States Constitution are called
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-delegated
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Constitutions are expected to do all of the following except
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-identify political leaders.
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Powers of the national government stated in the United States Constitution are called
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delegated
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Powers found in Article 1, Section 8 and are explicitly listed in the US Constitution are called
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-expressed powers
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Delegated powers that come with an office or position are called
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-inherent powers
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The implied powers of the national government are designed to do whatever is necessary to
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-carry out the expressed powers of the national government
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Powers assigned to both the national and state governments are called
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-reserved powers.
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Under Article 1, the U.S. Constitution gives the national government all of the following expressed powers except
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-regulate intrastate commerce
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Reserved powers are those that belong to the
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-state governments
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Which Article and Section was used to justify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
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-Article I, Section 8
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Which is a true statement about the powers of the national government?
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-The amount of power the national government has depends on the interpretation of the “necessary and proper clause.”
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Which is a correct statement about the Tenth Amendment?
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-In spite of this amendment the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland permitted federal action through implied powers
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The 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland case __________ the powers of the federal government
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-expanded
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What dominant type of federalism existed up until the 1930s?
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-Dual federalism
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Which is not a characteristic of dual federalism?
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-Within their respective spheres the two centers of government are not “sovereign” and hence not “equal.”
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The understanding that the federal government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called
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-dual federalism
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Which type of federalism encourages states to pursue certain public policy goals and when states cooperated, they would receive matching funds or additional assistance from the national government?
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-Cooperative federalism
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Federal aid to state or local governments for specific purposes, granted under restrictive conditions and often requiring matching funds from the receiving government is called
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-a categorical grant
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Which is not a condition of categorical grant programs?
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-States can spend federal money in any way that promotes racial segregation.
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State and local governments have greater administrative flexibility with ________ than with categorical grants.
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-block grants
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The attempt to enhance the power of state and local governments, especially by substituting more flexible block grants instead of restrictive categorical grants in aid is called
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-devolution
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The Plessy v. Ferguson decision allowed continued discrimination against African Americans, and it became pervasive throughout the South, as
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-Jim Crow laws.
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Which court case involved the University of Texas at Austin encouraging African-American students to go out of state to attend law school?
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-Sweatt v. Painter
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Southern states viewed Brown v. Board of Education, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 as
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-an encroachment of their states’ rights
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The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids states from which of the following?
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-Enacting poll tax laws as a condition for voting in a national election
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Governor Rick Perry, during his 2011–2012 presidential bid, argued that the federal government had increasingly taken over more activities of the state government. This is an example of what type of federalism?
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-Coercive federalism
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The Office of the Governor believes so firmly in protecting states’ rights that he made the ________ Amendment to the Constitution a central element of his bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency.
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-Tenth
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Texas is the headquarters to the world’s __________ industry?
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-petrochemical
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Cap and trade is a proposed market-driven environmental policy that sets limits on the amount of pollution that industry can produce, and it is used by Texans to
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-attract industry to invest in technology that will produce less pollution.
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Texas and its local government rank __________ when it comes to receiving federal dollars for the past decade.
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-3rd
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The obligations that the federal government imposes on state governments with little or no funding to help support the program defines
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-unfunded mandates
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What did President Bill Clinton’s Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 allow the federal government to do?
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-Get around the law
-Take credit for legislation without funding -Obligate the states to implement certain policies. |
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Which of the following is not a provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act (Health Care Reform)?
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-The Medicaid program will be reduced due to a reduced need.
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What is known as the “hidden tax” on the American people?
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-The added cost to American families and employers of covering those who are uninsured.
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Which law outlawed child labor, established a minimum wage, limited the workweek to 40 hours, and mandated overtime pay?
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-Fair Labor Standards Act
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In what court case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Fair Labor Standards Act violated the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution?
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-National League of Cities v. Usery
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Prior to the 1970s, the Fair Labor Standards Act did not include what entities from establishing a minimum wage, maximum hour, and overtime pay provisions?
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-State and local governments
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In what court case did the U.S. Supreme Court move the balance of power from the states to the national government, limiting the role of the Tenth Amendment and the powers reserved to the states?
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-Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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The AMBER Alert system is a good example of a
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-state policy solution that was expanded nationwide.
-state’s experiment with public policy -state successfully implementing a law enforcement tool. |
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States serve as public policy
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-laboratories.
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The Reconstruction Era was a period in which
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-Radical Republicans in Congress took control of public policy
-Radical Republicans in Congress enfranchised the recently freed male population and limited political and voting rights -Texas history witnessed the election of a number of African Americans to the state legislature |
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Certain rights found in the Bill of Rights are rights that cannot be encroached upon by the states is known as the
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-incorporation doctrine
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The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the ______________ Amendment to extend many national constitutional guarantees to the states
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-Fourteenth
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Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment has been used by the U.S. Supreme Court to extend most of the provisions in the Bill of Rights to state governments?
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Which of the following is not true of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?
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-DOMA was fully endorsed by President Obama and the Judicial Department
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Which court case clarified the incorporation of the Fourth Amendment, which provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures?
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-Aguilar v. Texas
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Which court case grants the accused the right to confront the witnesses against the accused?
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-Pointer v. Texas
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Which power gives the U.S. Congress the authority to create rules for immigration and naturalization?
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-Article I, Section 8
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In their struggle for power, which institution has acted as an umpire between the national and state governments?
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The United States Supreme Court
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In 1996, the federal government enacted the Defense of Marriage Act that some states believe
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-allowed Texas to outlaw gay marriage
-allowed states to reject marriages that occurred in other states between members of the same gender -violated the right of states to determine their own civil laws |
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Legal scholars argue that Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution requires states to recognize
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-“the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.”
-the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution -that it contributes to the federalism question because it mandates that Texas recognizes the official documents and court rulings from other states |
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Governor Perry’s desire to eliminate some federal agencies is based on
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-the idea that the federal government should be “reigned in.”
-what he sees as government waste and duplication of efforts by states -his 2012 presidential campaign |
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What agencies did Governor Perry want to eliminate if he became president of the United States despite the fact that these agencies employ a large number of Texans?
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-Department of Commerce
-Department of Education -Department of Energy |
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Customs and Border Protection has a priority of keeping
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-terrorists out of the country.
-facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of regulations -illegal immigrants and illegal narcotics from entering the country |
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Which statement more accurately describes Texas’s involvement with the military?
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-More Texans have historically volunteered for the military
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Which federal agencies work alongside Texas agencies complementing their economy?
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-Department of Defense, Border Patrol, and Agriculture
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Which federal agency works alongside the Texas Department of Agriculture to ensure that what people consume is safe and nutritious?
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-U.S. Department of Agriculture
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