POLS 207
In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented
steps in the growth of representative democracy
In situations of conflict between state and national law, national law prevails due to:
the supremacy clause.
Daniel J. Elazar postulated that the United States can be divided geographically into all of the following types of political cultures EXCEPT:
Democratic
What North American nation won its independence in 1821?
Mexico
Article IV of the Texas Constitution deals primarily with:
The Executive Department
Article I of the Texas Constitution deals primarily with:
The Bill of Rights
What is a government?
A system by which a state or community is controlled
What major English document asserted the people are endowed with the natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
English Bill of Rights
What is the difference between Enumerated (Expressed) powers and Implied powers under the United States Constitution?
Enumerated powers are specifically listed in the Constitution. Implied powers are not stated specifically, but are assumed by the exercise of the enumerated powers.
Which of the following geographic areas in Texas contains the "Piney Woods"?
Gulf Coastal Plains
Which of the following is a shared power between the National Government and the State Governments?
Make and enforce laws
The Great Plains geographic region of Texas is dominated by extensive agriculture and cotton production because of:
Large-scale irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer
In the following scenario, the U.S. Congress enacts a law banning the transportation of alcohol made in one state to other states. Does this law violate the Constitution?
No. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution grants the Federal Government the power to regulate interstate commerce
Which of the following industries provided the necessary tax revenues and royalties to create the Permanent University Fund?
Oil and Gas
Article II of the Texas Constitution deals primarily with:
Powers
All of the following are the major themes found in the Texas Constitution of 1876 EXCEPT:
Promoted industrial interests at the expense of agrarian
All of the following are reasons why Texas was not immediately annexed by the United States in 1836 EXCEPT:
Sam Houston did not want Texas to join the United States
Which of the following colonial wars ended the period of "statutory neglect" in the American colonies?
Seven Years' War
Which of the following best explains why sharecroppers inevitably became more indebted to land owners overtime?
The workers of the land do not own the land, which may lead to a principal-agent problem. The sharecroppers did not coordinate their labor efforts with other sharecroppers. Food grown through sharecropping was more expensive and harder to sell
During the Revolutionary War period, Thomas Paine's Common Sense was important because it:
convinced many Americans who had been undecided to support independence
The fact that the Constitution denies the federal government several powers indicates that the framers believed strongly in which principle?
limited government
According to the Declaration of Independence, the fundamental purpose of government is to:
protect people's natural rights
The Declaration of Independence (1776) has had a major influence on peoples throughout the world because it:
provides justification for revolting against unjust governments
"In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself." (Federalist 51) According to Federalist 51, the use of a Federal System will do which of the following?
Better protect the rights of the people
From 1878 to 1978, which political party dominated Texas politics?
Democratic