Texas government chapter 1
Which of the following universities are the only ones that can receive funds from oil and gas revenues that go into the Permanent University Fund?
Texas A&M University University of Texas
In what ways did Texas benefit from the United States' membership in the landmark NAFTA trade deal?
Trade stimulated growth along Texas's border. Texas goods have had more access to foreign markets. NAFTA helped speed up a diversified economy.
Which economic factors does San Antonio rely on?
national military bases tourism educational institutions
Which countries signed the historic North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
Canada United States Mexico
Texas is often most characterized by which two political cultures?
traditionalistic individualistic
-- is the process from moving from the -- to cities and suburbs
urbanization, Rural
Since-- the -- Party has enjoyed nearly unchallenged control of government in Texas.
2002, republican
Match each industry with the urban area it is most associated with.
Houston-Energy Fort worth- Cattle san antonio- Military Austin-High tech
For Democrats, the path to being competitive in statewide politics in Texas is largely tied to which of the following trends?
An expanding young latino population
Which of the following best supports the assertion that these monuments were aimed at celebrating the authority of White Texans after the Civil War ended?
Approximately half of the monuments where erected between 1900 and 1940
Put in order the following urban areas in terms of projected population in 2050, from largest to smallest.
Dallas- Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio,Austin, McAllen
Which county most diverges from the overall demographic breakdown of the rest of Texas?
El paso
Which physical regions of Texas are most likely to remain consistently controlled by Republicans?
the Great Plains the Interior Lowlands
Select the region in Texas that has historically had the most influence over politics in the state.
Gulf Coastal Plains
The development of -- in the 1990s created an economic driver that diversified the revenue streams of the state away from reliance on the -Press Space to opentimberhigh-techpetroleumfinancialagricultural industry.
High tech, Petroleum
Which of the following statements about the cotton economy in Texas are accurate?
It helped bolster the Populist movement. It established an underclass in Texas society.
Which of the following statements about the Latino population in Texas are true?
Latinos are a diverse population. Latinos have become the majority in major Texas cities. Latinos are concentrated in south and west Texas.
What arguments did President Trump make during the 2016 campaign to question NAFTA's benefits?
NAFTA brought an increase in undocumented immigrants that created a burden on state social services. The United States has lost a large number of manufacturing jobs to Mexico
Saudi Arabia is the only place in the world that has a larger oil reserve than which oilfield in Texas?
Permian Basin
Which term describes a narrow view of the world that is associated with rural values and is often intolerant of diversity?
Provincialism
Texas surrendered claims to land in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma in the Compromise of 1850 in order to do which of the following?
Raise money and pay debts
Texas is often described as sharing features of both individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures for which of the following reasons?
Taxes are kept low, and social services are minimized. Political elites, such as business leaders, have a dominant voice in how the state is run. Limited regulation on individuals and businesses is intended to encourage self-interested hard work.
Study the following information about other large states in the United States to determine which of the following statements are accurate.
Texas and California have similar proportions of Latino residents. Florida and New York have a higher proportion of Black residents than Texas
When Texas entered the Union in 1845, what did Texas do with its public lands?
Texas retained control of its public lands
What future trends can be inferred from the information in the chart?
Texas will become more firmly positioned as a majority minority state. If current trends continue, Latinos will be the largest single demographic segment of the state population in the near future.
What characteristics about the Asian American population of Texas make it difficult to draw conclusions about the population?
Texas's Asian American population is made up of people of many different nationalities. Asian Americans compose only a small part of the state's total population.
Which of the following statements accurately characterize the country's population change from 2000 to 2010?
Texas's population increased more rapidly than that of neighboring states. Florida had more of its counties gain population over the decade than had Texas.
Which of the following is the biggest driver of Texas's population growth?
The difference in births and deaths
Which of the following statements about political culture accurately describe Texas?
The political subcultures in urban and suburban areas have increasingly diverged. Values in urban areas are strongly influenced by the diverse populations living there. The political culture of Texas is being influenced by changing demographics.
Innovations like the steel plow and barbed wire affected the Texas economy in what ways?
They increased cotton production. They virtually ended open-range grazing and cattle drives.
Which of the following industries helped contribute to Houston's growth over time?
Trade Oil Cotton
Political parties in Texas are currently more influential in some parts of the state than in others. Match the party with the areas in Texas in which it tends to dominate.
Urban- Democrat Rural- Republican Suburban- Republican
Though African Americans were emancipated in 1865, they were disenfranchised by the ____ and forced to pay ______ taxes in order to vote. It was only after the Voting Rights Act of _______ that the political system opened up for African Americans
White Primary Poll 1965
Provincialism in Texas has historically contributed which of the following feature(s) to the state's political culture?
a narrow worldview and an intolerance of diversity a rejection of modern urban lifestyles a belief that the public interest is not served by spending on social services and education
Provincialism in Texas has historically contributed which of the following feature(s) to the state's political culture?
a rejection of modern urban lifestyles a belief that the public interest is not served by spending on social services and education a narrow worldview and an intolerance of diversity
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and the world's largest inland desalination plant at Fort Bliss in El Paso are great examples of which of the following?
cities Gain significant financial and technological advancements from government programs
Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Dallas and Fort Worth?
dallas and Fort Worth are joined by a variety of surrounding suburban cities
For most of Texas history, rural White conservatives gave the-- control of state government but now constitute the overwhelming majority of support for the -- in Texas.
democratic, republican
Which of the following goals would be consistent with the La Raza Unida Party platform?
expand voting access for Latino citizens increase the number of Latino officials in public office
Which factors help explain why the Austin metro area has a higher average income than other major metro areas in Texas?
high tech state capital highly educated workforce
The city of-- is the largest in the state, with a population of over 2.5 million people, while the -- metro area is the largest metropolitan area in the state, with over 6.9 million residents.
houston, Dallas-Fort Worth
Urbanization in Texas accelerated with the development of the --which made it easier for people to commute to cities from the suburbs.
interstate highway system
Why does "Juneteenth" hold a particularly special place in Black communities in Texas?
it commemorates the day enslaved people in Texas where emancipated
In the early twentieth century, less than 50 years after the end of the Civil War, influential groups in the state sought to rewrite history by promoting the-- narrative, which suggested that the South's primary cause was not to protect -- but to valiantly protect -- from an overreaching federal government.
lost cause, slavery, states rights
Relative to the rest of the country, Texas has--of its population under 18 years old and --of its population over 65 years of age.
more, less
Which of the following economic activities are located primarily in the Gulf Coastal Plains region?
petroleum export timber industrial manufacturing fruit and vegetable farming
Which of the following voting restrictions targeted low-income voters—who were more likely to be people of color—to prevent them from voting?
poll tax
The persistent poverty created by the sharecropper and tenant farmer systems had what political impact on Texas?
poor farmers supported populist movements that led to stronger popular control of government
The process of turning over public lands to private entities through sale or lease agreements for cultivation and development is called what?
privatizaton
Which of the following ways has been used to deal with the controversy surrounding memorials and monuments to the Confederacy and its leaders placed on public grounds?
providing more historically accurate and inclusive context by moving them or adding new monuments
Business interests are a large part of the Republican coalition in Texas. In recent years, priorities of business interests have been challenged by which of the following groups that make up another important part of the Republican coalition?
social conservatives
