Government Chapter 1

Significance of the Supreme Court decision in Smith v Allwright

(1944) outlawed the white primary.

How many Latinos resided in Texas as of 2015?

10.6 million

Racial or ethnic group in Texas concentrated in the East?

African Americans

Texas metropolitan areas recognized for their high-tech industry

Austin (San-Marcos), and Dallas (Richardson)

Four distinct regions of Texas:

Basin and Range Province, Interior Low Lands, Great Plains, Gulf Coastal Plains.

Texas city with the largest population

Houston

Significance of Spindletop:

Oil was found in East Texas.

Purpose of NAFTA and year signed

Treaty for trade between Canada, Mexico, and United States to lower and eliminate tariffs; signed December 17, 1992.

Stephen F. Austin's role in the development of Texas

cooperated with spanish government to bring settlers into the region (offered land to populate region)

Ruling in the Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

guaranteed African Americans admissions to Texas's graduate and professional schools.

Factor which contributed the most to the increase in population in Texas

natural increase of births over deaths

Describe the urbanization process in Texas

people move from rural areas to urban (city) areas

Describe oil prodcutions's contribution to the current Texas economy?

provided cheap oil (fluctuates now)

Factor contributing to Dallas development in the last 19th century

railroads

Characteristics of a traditionalistic individualistic political culture in Texas economy:

taxes kept low, social services are minimized. political elites (ex; business leaders) have a major voice in how state is run.

What is meant by the Great Recession

time of chronic economic problems