Quiz 7--2306

How many counties are there in Texas? 500 100 56 254

254

The basic governing body of a county is known as Question options: A county governing committee A county council A county commissioner's court A city-manager government

A county commissioner's court

Independent state grounds Question options: Allow states to provide fewer state constitutional protections Prevent the national government from overriding the Tenth Amendment rights of states Allow states to provide more state constitutional protections than does the US Constitution Allow states to remain independent of the national government

Allow states to provide more state constitutional protections than does the US Constitution

All county commissioners' precincts must be equal in population according to Question options: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Article 1 of the Texas Constitution Avery v. Midland County Marbury v. Madison

Avery v. Midland County

The use of categorical grants was a way of promoting Question options: Civil rights Dual federalism Bipartisan federalism Cooperative federalism

Cooperative federalism

Layer-cake federalism switched to marble-cake federalism Question options: During the New Deal After the Civil War After the fall of the Soviet Union During World War I

During the New Deal

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) was important Question options: In preventing national banks from operating In destroying corrupt state banking systems In establishing that the national government had implied powers In establishing that the state governments had implied powers

In establishing that the national government had implied powers

A special district Question options: Must be limited to under 150,000 people Temporarily combines two congressional districts Covers the entire state to provide a particular service None of the above

None of the above

What are the two types of special purpose districts found in Texas? Question options: Tax and nontax School and non-school Home rule and general law Statutory and constitutional

School and non-school

Dual federalism Question options: Existed in the United States following World War II Drained all power state governments Rejected the idea that states were sovereign political entities Refers to a system of government where states do most of the governing

Refers to a system of government where states do most of the governing