Govt.2306 Exam one
According to article 1 of the current Texas constitution, filibustering is expressly prohibited by state senators
False
According to the 1876 Constitution, the Texas legislative is legally required to meet every year
False
According to the 1876 Texas constitution, the office of the governor of Texas is an extremely powerful position in the state government
False
Although other states have, Texas has never experienced a party realignment.
False
Anglo Texans are predicted to continue to be the majority of the Texas population until about 2075
False
As of 2016, Texans has a state mandated poll tax
False
Conservatives tend to favor increasing spending on social services
False
Cotton was introduced to Texas and in the mid 20th century
False
Democrats favor the 'Tickle-down' Theory of economic growth
False
Democrats strongly believe that it is possible to 'legislate morality'
False
Demographically, white (non-Latino) are more likely to vote for a Democratic Party candidate.
False
During the New Deal the federal government practiced cooperative federalism.
False
H.M. Sweaty was denied admission to the medical school at Texas A&M because he was Mexican-Anerican
False
In Shelby County v. Holder (2013), The Supreme Court upheld all the sections of the voting rights act.
False
In a primary election, candidates are elected to office
False
In terms of money raised by candidates, the Democratic Party is much more successful than Republican Party.
False
Layer cake federalism allows for the federal and states governments to cooperate on the some policies.
False
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) developed the concept of block grants.
False
People who claim to hold a liberal ideology make up the largest part of Texas population
False
Texans can early vote four weeks before the election
False
Texas rarely disagrees with the federal government over major policy issues.
False
The Austin American Statesman is the newspaper with the most readers in Texas
False
The Grange represented the interest of the railroads at the 1875 Texas constitutional convention
False
The Jaybird Party was created in the 1970's yo aid African-American and Latino voters in Texas
False
The current Texas constitution has only been amended 32 times.
False
The federal government uses categorical grants to disperse very limited amounts of monies to the states
False
The first time Texas used direct primaries was in 1964.
False
The moralistic subculture is the dominate form of political culture in Texas
False
The tax rates and taxes are higher when compared to most other states
False
Article 13 of the current Texas constitution has been deleted and no longer is enforceable
True
Article 8 of the Texas constitution of 1876 is about taxation and revenue.
True
E.J. Davis was a highly dislike Republican governor in Texas during Reconstruction
True
From 1866 to 1876 Texas has a series of three constitutions
True
From the Civil War to the 1970's Texas functioned as a one-party system
True
If you had an election and used the plurality rule, the candidate with the most votes, but not necessarily a minority, would win the election.
True
In Smith v. Albright (1944), the Supreme Court ruled the white primary illegal
True
In the period from 1952 to 1984, many Texas Democrats voted for Republican candidates for president
True
Latino voter turnout in 2014 was over 20%
True
Redistricting usually happens every ten years
True
Texas was a slave state before the Civil War
True
The 10th Amendment is the source of the reserved powers
True
The New Federalism was focused on returning power to the states.
True
The Republican Party as weak support in South Texas (the area to the south of San Antonio).
True
The Texas constitution of 1861 was written when Texas join the confederacy
True
The doctrine of separate but equal allowed for segregation
True
The first major oil strike in Texas was a Sindletop
True
The growth of the Latino population in Texas could potentially 'tip' the electorate in the state
True
The individualistic political subculture focuses on the idea of the general good superseding that of the individual
True
The majority of African Americans live in East Texas
True
The poll tax was used to disenfranchise African-American voters in Texas.
True
