Government 2306
What are the three main tasks of state government?
. Legislating, enforcing the law and interpreting the law.
Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment guarantees that all powers not given to the national government are reserved for the states?
10th
How many Articles are written into the current Texas Constitution? a.
17
Which Article of the Texas Constitution addresses the establishment of and funding for public education.?
Article VII
Which interests tend to benefit most from Texas business and regulatory policies?
Business
The dominance of business interests in Texas politics is best supported by which of the following:
Business groups are major players in the funding of political campaigns and the hiring of lobbyists.
Texas is often characterized by two political cultures EXCEPT
Conservative
What is the basic purpose of the Texas Constitution?
Define Basic framework of Texas Government
What did Donald Trump and other leading Republicans argue during the 2016 campaign to question the benefits of NAFTA?
NAFTA brought an increase in undocumented immigrants that created a burden on state social services.
How has Texas benefitted from the United States' membership in NAFTA?
NAFTA helped to boost employment in Texas.
Which of the following industries helped contribute to Houston's growth over time?
Oil
Which of the following voting restrictions targeted low-income voters - who are more likely to be minorities - to prevent them from voting?
Poll tax
The process of turning over public lands to private individuals for cultivation and development is called which of the following?
Privatization
Which term describes a narrow view of the world that is associated with rural values and is often intolerant of diversity?
Provincialism
Political parties in Texas are currently more influential in some parts of the state than others. Which party is most dominate in suburban areas?
Republican
Urbanization is the process by which people move from _________ areas to the cities and suburbs.
Rural
Texas high-tech industries developed in 1990's, _______________ the economic contribution of the petrochemical industry in the state.
Supplementing
Texas is often described as sharing features of both individualistic and traditionalistic political cultures for the following reasons?
Taxes are kept low, and social services are minimized.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the trend in the number of Latino officeholders in Texas from 1980 through 2010?
The number of Latinos in public office has increased dramatically since the 1980s.
Though African Americans were emancipated in 1865, they were disenfranchised by _______________ and forced to pay poll taxes in order to vote.
Voter ID laws
Which factor contributed the most to the increase in the population of Texas?
a natural increase of births in proportion to deaths
Given Texas' political culture, which of the following best reflects a governmental policy the majority would be supportive of?
expanded tax credits for enticing businesses to move to Texas
What term do we use to describe the division of power between the central government and regional governments?
federalism
One power states do not have is the power to withdraw from the Union know as the United States. What is this called?
secession
The region that has the greatest concentration of large and middle-size cities in Texas and is a major financial center is
the Metroplex
