Chapter 1: The political culture, people, and economy of Texas

The Basin and Range Province has the highest proportion of Latino Texans and contains some of the few rural areas of Texas that are more supportive of the Democratic party.

Basin and Range Proving

Which of the following was the biggest driver of Texas's population growth between 2010 and 2020?

the natural difference between births and deaths

Texas is most often characterized by which two political cultures?

traditionalistic Individualistic

Match each industry with the urban area it is most associated with.

Houston: energy Austin: high tech Fort Worth: cattle San Antonio: military installations

Examine the following timeline on when Confederate monuments were erected in Texas. 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 were erected between 1900 and 1940.

Study the following information about other large states in the United States to determine which of the following statements are accurate.

Correct Answer(s) Florida and New York have a higher proportion of Black residents than Texas. Texas and California have similar proportions of Latino residents. Incorrect Answer(s) Texas and California exactly match each other in terms of racial diversity. Florida, New York, and Ohio closely resemble each other in terms of racial diversity.

Texas is often described as sharing features of both individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures for which of the following reasons?

Correct Answer(s) Social services connected to government are minimized. Elites, such as business leaders, have a dominant voice in how the state is run. Limited regulation on individuals and businesses to encourage self-interested hard work. Incorrect Answer(s) Being politically active is very important. Average citizens play a major role in politics.

Which of the following statements about political culture accurately describe Texas?

Correct Answer(s) Values in urban areas are strongly influenced by the diverse populations living there. The political culture of Texas is being influenced by changing demographics. Incorrect Answer(s) It is easy to accurately classify Texas political culture.

Provincialism in Texas has historically contributed which of the following features to the state's political culture?

Correct Answer(s) 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 Incorrect Answer(s) a focus on free markets to encourage business growth

What are the reasons that Latino populations make up higher concentrations in urban areas and the Rio Grande Valley?

Correct Answer(s) relative geography to international border availability of jobs Incorrect Answer(s) similarity in partisan political identity advertisements encouraging immigration to the area

Which physical regions of Texas are most likely to remain consistently controlled by Republicans?

Correct Answer(s) the Great Plains the Interior Lowlands Incorrect Answer(s) the Basin and Range Province the Gulf Coastal Plains

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, the Democratic Party held control of state government. Today, rural White conservatives constitute the overwhelming majority of support for the Republican Party in Texas.

Democratic Party Republican Party

Which of the issues below have been identified as priorities that the influential cultural and social conservatives in the Republican Party would like to see enacted?

Policies that cultural conservatives DO want to enact: traditional marriage limits to abortion immigration restrictions Policies that cultural conservatives DO NOT want to enact: promotion of gender equality climate change mitigation

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 and industry.

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.

Review the following image, and identify the projected population trend for each racial group. Note: Numbers do not always add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

decreasing population share: white texans increasing population share: latinos constant population share: black Texas

Which term describes a narrow view of the world that is associated with rural values and is often intolerant of diversity?

provincialism

In recent years, business groups, a key part of the Republican base in Texas, have been challenged by which group that makes up another important part of the Republican coalition?

social conservatives