tgov ch 1 inq
Which of the following economic activities are located primarily in the Gulf Coastal Plains region?
timber, fruit and veget..., petroleum export, industrial manu..
What future trends can be inferred from the information in the chart? (fig.14 the changing face of texas)
-If current trends continue... -texas will become more
In what ways did Texas benefit from the United States' membership in the landmark NAFTA trade deal?
-Trade stimulated... -NAFTA helped speed.. texas goods have
Which of the following best describes the social impact of the Black Codes, White primaries, voter suppression, and segregationist ideas that dominated Texas politics between Reconstruction and the civil rights movement?
African americans were sub...
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
Which of the following statements accurately characterize the country's population change from 2000 to 2010?
Correct: -Texas's population increased more rapidly than did Oklahoma's. - Florida had more of its counties gain population over the decade than had Texas. Incorrect: -Most of the population gains in the country were clustered in New England states. - Most of Texas's population growth was distributed equally across the state.
Which of the following statements about political culture in Texas are accurate?
Correct:- The political culture in Texas has changed over time- The political culture of the suburban areas tends to differ from that of west Texas. Incorrect:- There is little cultural difference between the big cities and their suburban areas.- It is easy to accurately classify Texas political culture.
Which of the following statements about the Latino population in Texas are true?
Latinos have become the majority in major texas cities Latinos are concentrated in south and west texas Latinos are diverse population
In the early twentieth century, less than 50 years after the end of the Civil War, influential groups in the state sought to rewrite history by promoting the Lost Cause narrative, which suggested that the South's primary cause was not to protect slavery but to valiantly protect states' rights from an overreaching federal government.
Lost cause, Slavery, States' rights
Which of the following ways has been used to deal with the controversy surrounding memorials and monuments to the Confederacy and its leaders placed on public grounds?
Providing more historically accurate...
Though African Americans were emancipated in 1865, they were disenfranchised by the White primary and forced to pay poll taxes in order to vote. It was only after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that the political system opened up for African Americans.
White primary,poll,1965
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...
The persistent poverty created by the sharecropper and tenant farmer systems had what political impact on Texas?
poor farmers supperted populist..
Texas surrendered claims to land in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma in the Compromise of 1850 in order to do which of the following?
raise money and pay off its debts
Business interests are a large part of the Republican coalition in Texas. In recent years, priorities of business interests have been challenged by which of the following groups that make up another important part of the Republican coalition?
social consevatives
Texas is often described as sharing features of both individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures for which of the following reasons?
taxes are kept low.. political elites limited...
Which of the following is the biggest driver of Texas's population growth?
the natural diff betw...