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