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Which of the following terms describes the dominant political values and beliefs in a nation or state?

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Political culture

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Which is not a correct statement about social conservatives in Texas?

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They do not support the use of state power to restrict gambling.

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What percentage of Texans say they are "in the middle" between conservative and liberal viewpoints?

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25 percent

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Fifty-three percent of Texans believe we spend too little on which specific public policy?

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Elementary and secondary education

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According to Daniel Elazar which of the following distinct political subcultures does not exist in Texas?

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Modernistic

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Which of the following is not considered an aspect of the moralistic subculture?

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Association with more religious attitudes

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Which of the following is a correct statement about the individualistic political subculture?

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Government's prime objective is to further private enterprise.

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Which of the following is not considered a belief of the traditionalistic political subculture?

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This subculture believes in public rather than personal solutions to problems.

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According to Daniel Elazar, what is the subculture of Texas?

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Traditionalistic and individualistic

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Which is a true statement about political participation due to Texas's political subculture?

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Participation in politics is not as highly regarded as in those states with a moralistic culture.

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Which is not a correct statement about Texas, according to D.W. Meinig?

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There is such a thing as a "typical" Texan.

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Which region of Texas is an extension of the old South?

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East Texas

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Which region of Texas has experienced continuous growth because of Spindletop?

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Gulf Coast

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Due to its growth by migration from other regions and nations, Houston street signs can be seen in all of the following languages except

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German.

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Which describes a Mestizo?

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An individual of both Spanish and Native American lineage

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Which of the following is not correct about modern South Texas?

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The Rio Grande is now one of America's least ecologically endangered rivers

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Which region of Texas is socially and politically conservative and a stronghold of the Texas Republican Party?

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German Hill Country

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Which city advertises itself as the "Sheep and Wool Capital of the World"?

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San Angelo

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Which region is called the "core area" of Texas?

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Central Texas

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During the period of the Texas Republic, married women had all of the following rights except the right to

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serve on juries

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Which Act granted married women equal rights in insurance, banking, real estate, contracts, divorce, child custody, and property rights?

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Martial Property Act

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Which individual successfully overturned Roe v. Wade in 1973?

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Sarah Weddington

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The white primary, which was the practice of excluding African Americans from Democratic Party primary elections in Texas, was found unconstitutional as a result of which court case?

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Smith v. Allwright

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Which court case validated the exclusion of African Americans from the Texas Democratic primary?

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Nixon v. Herndon

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In 1956, Governor Allan Shivers declared which demonstration an "orderly protest" and sent the Texas Rangers to support the protestors?

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Mansfield School Desegregation Incident

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Which individual was not one of the "Big Four" African Americans who shaped the civil rights struggle in the1950s and 1960s?

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Wiley Bishop

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The first Texas sit-in to protest segregation was organized by which civil rights organization?

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CORE

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Which cases tested the practice of forcing vagrants or debtors to repay farmers by requiring them to work off debts and fines as labor on private farms?

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Raymondville Peonage cases

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Which is not an example of life in South Texas for Mexican-Americans after World War II?

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The start of public school integration

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Which individual organized the American GI Forum?

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Dr. Hector Garcia

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Which organizations served as a catalyst for granting Latino Americans full citizenship and civil respect?

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American GI Forum

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The funeral of Felix Longoria resulted in

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the spark that ignited Latino Texas to fight for civil rights

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Which U.S. Senator was instrumental in arranging for Private Felix Longoria's burial at Arlington National Cemetery?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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What was the primary focus for much of the Latino civil activism in the 1960s and 1970s?

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Organizing into labor unions

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Which court case argued that Latino children were denied the same school facilities and educational instruction available to other white races?

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Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

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Which court case prohibited segregation of Mexican-American children on separate campuses on the basis of race?

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Herminca Hernandez et al. v. Driscoll Consolidated ISD

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Which court case argued that Latinos, although white were "a class apart" and suffered discrimination on the basis of their "class"?

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Hernandez v. State of Texas

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What was the legal position of the state of Texas in Hernandez v. Texas with regard to Latinos?

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Latinos were white, so excluding them from all-Anglo (white) juries could not be legal discrimination.

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Which is not a correct statement about Texas's population growth?

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Texas is still predominately rural and agrarian.

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Traditionalistic political subculture is found primarily in which states?

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South and Border States

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A 2009 study named Texas's tax system as on of the ten

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most regressive.

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Which president was angered and frustrated by continued news stories reporting that blacks were still being turned away from public accommodations in the state capital of Austin during his presidency?

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Lyndon Johnson

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What caused the change in perception of the Republican Party in the 1980s from an "elitist, country-club party to a more populist one"?

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The election of Ronald Reagan

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Texas's comparatively low levels of funding to social programs illustrate which type of political subculture?

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Individualistic

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Among all the states in the United States, Texas ranks near the bottom in all of the following categories except

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teenage birth rate

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In Texas, acquiring __________ indicates a path to political, social, and economic power?

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land

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What best describes Texas's philosophy today?

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"The best government is the government that governs least."

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Texas's weak governor, part-time legislature, and power divided among many elected officials are indicative of which types of political subculture?

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Traditionalistic and Individualistic

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What was one critical challenge to writing the Articles of Confederation in 1787?

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The creation of a representative government for a large nation with a diverse population

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Texas's political figures have been pushing for a shift in power

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away from the federal government.

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Powers of the national government stated in the United States Constitution are called

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delegated.

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Constitutions are expected to do all of the following except

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identify political leaders.

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Powers found in Article 1, Section 8 and are explicitly listed in the US Constitution are called

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expressed powers.

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Delegated powers that come with an office or position are called

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inherent powers.

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The implied powers of the national government are designed to do whatever is necessary to

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carry out the expressed powers of the national government.

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Powers assigned to both the national and state governments are called

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concurrent powers

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Under Article 1, the U.S. Constitution gives the national government all of the following expressed powers except

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regulate intrastate commerce

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Reserved powers are those that belong to the

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state governments.

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Which Article and Section was used to justify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

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Article I, Section 8

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Which is a true statement about the powers of the national government?

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The amount of power the national government has depends on the interpretation of the "necessary and proper clause."

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Which is a correct statement about the Tenth Amendment?

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In spite of this amendment the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland permitted federal action through implied powers.

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The 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland case __________ the powers of the federal government.

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expanded

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What dominant type of federalism existed up until the 1930s?

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Dual federalism

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Which is not a characteristic of dual federalism?

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Within their respective spheres the two centers of government are not "sovereign" and hence not "equal."

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The understanding that the federal government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called

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dual federalism.

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Which type of federalism encourages states to pursue certain public policy goals and when states cooperated, they would receive matching funds or additional assistance from the national government?

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Cooperative federalism

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Federal aid to state or local governments for specific purposes, granted under restrictive conditions and often requiring matching funds from the receiving government is called

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a categorical grant.

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Which is not a condition of categorical grant programs?

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States can spend federal money in any way that promotes racial segregation.

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State and local governments have greater administrative flexibility with ________ than with categorical grants.

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block grants

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The attempt to enhance the power of state and local governments, especially by substituting more flexible block grants instead of restrictive categorical grants in aid is called

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devolution.

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The Plessy v. Ferguson decision allowed continued discrimination against African Americans, and it became pervasive throughout the South, as

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Jim Crow laws

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Which court case involved the University of Texas at Austin encouraging African-American students to go out of state to attend law school?

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Sweatt v. Painter

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Southern states viewed Brown v. Board of Education, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 as

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an encroachment of their states' rights.

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The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids states from which of the following?

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Enacting poll tax laws as a condition for voting in a national election

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Governor Rick Perry, during his 2011-2012 presidential bid, argued that the federal government had increasingly taken over more activities of the state government. This is an example of what type of federalism?

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Coercive federalism

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The Office of the Governor believes so firmly in protecting states' rights that he made the ________ Amendment to the Constitution a central element of his bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency.

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Tenth

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Texas is the headquarters to the world's __________ industry?

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petrochemical

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Cap and trade is a proposed market-driven environmental policy that sets limits on the amount of pollution that industry can produce, and it is used by Texans to

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attract industry to invest in technology that will produce less pollution.

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Texas and its local government rank __________ when it comes to receiving federal dollars for the past decade.

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3rd

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The obligations that the federal government imposes on state governments with little or no funding to help support the program defines

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unfunded mandates.

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Which of the following is not a provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act (Health Care Reform)?

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The Medicaid program will be reduced due to a reduced need.

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What is known as the "hidden tax" on the American people?

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The added cost to American families and employers of covering those who are uninsured.

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Which law outlawed child labor, established a minimum wage, limited the workweek to 40 hours, and mandated overtime pay?

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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In what court case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the Fair Labor Standards Act violated the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution?

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National League of Cities v. Usery

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Prior to the 1970s, the Fair Labor Standards Act did not include what entities from establishing a minimum wage, maximum hour, and overtime pay provisions?

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State and local governments

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In what court case did the U.S. Supreme Court move the balance of power from the states to the national government, limiting the role of the Tenth Amendment and the powers reserved to the states?

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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

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States serve as public policy

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laboratories

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Certain rights found in the Bill of Rights are rights that cannot be encroached upon by the states is known as the

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incorporation doctrine.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the ______________ Amendment to extend many national constitutional guarantees to the states.

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Fourteenth

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Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment has been used by the U.S. Supreme Court to extend most of the provisions in the Bill of Rights to state governments?

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Which of the following is not true of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)?

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DOMA was fully endorsed by President Obama and the Judicial Department

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Which court case clarified the incorporation of the Fourth Amendment, which provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures?

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Aguilar v. Texas

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Which court case grants the accused the right to confront the witnesses against the accused?

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Pointer v. Texas

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Which power gives the U.S. Congress the authority to create rules for immigration and naturalization?

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Article I, Section 8

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In their struggle for power, which institution has acted as an umpire between the national and state governments?

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The United States Supreme Court

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Which statement more accurately describes Texas's involvement with the military?

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More Texans have historically volunteered for the military.

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Which federal agencies work alongside Texas agencies complementing their economy?

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Department of Defense, Border Patrol, and Agriculture

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Which federal agency works alongside the Texas Department of Agriculture to ensure that what people consume is safe and nutritious?

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Government is a process of decision making conditioned by all of the following except

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bureaucracy.

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Constitutions are expected to do all of the following except

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identify political leaders.

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A constitution promotes _________if the general public agrees that the government has the right to govern its citizens.

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legitimacy

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Which of the following concerning the Texas Constitution of 1836 is not correct?

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It established a federal system of government for the Republic.

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Texas fought and won its independence from which of the following countries?

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Mexico

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Which is a correct statement about Texas?

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Texas won independence in 1836 and gained statehood in 1845.

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Common law refers to

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customs upheld by courts and derived from British tradition.

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What issued delayed Texas annexation to the United States in 1836?

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The slavery controversy in the United States

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Which of the following is not true of the Texas Constitution of 1845?

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It granted the governor a term of four years.

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The kind of ballot that results from the election of a large number of independent executive and judicial officers is a

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long ballot

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Which of the following is not correct about the Texas Constitution of 1869?

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It decentralized the Texas public school system.

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Which of the following is not true of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

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It was passed by the Radical Democrats in Congress.

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Which of the following was the slogan of the Texas Grange going into the 1875 Constitutional Convention?

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"Retrenchment and reform"

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The Constitution of 1875 was opposed by all of the following groups with the exception of

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Democrats.

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Texas Grangers were opposed to the idea of

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public education.

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A pragmatic view of the role of state constitutions should not lead to the conclusion that they are

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only incidental to good government.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the ________Amendment to extend many national constitutional guarantees to the states.

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Fourteenth

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Article 1, Section 19 of the Texas Constitution protects against

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due process.

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Law passed by legislatures and written into code books is

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statutory law.

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Which of the following is not a guaranteed additional right granted by the current Texas Constitution?

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It prohibits the garnishment of wages for any reason.

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Which is not encompassed by the principle of check and balances?

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Confirmation of appointments given to the House of Representatives

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Which of the following is not true of the Texas Legislature?

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Senators serve six-year terms and Representatives serve four-year terms.

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Article 3 of the Texas Constitution assigns power to a _______ legislature consisting of the 31 members of the senate and the 150 members of the house of representatives.

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bicameral

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Which state agency is permitted to recommend salary increases for legislators?

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Texas Ethics Commission

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Which is a correct statement about Texas special sessions?

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Texas special sessions are more restrictive than any other state.

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Which statement is correct regarding term limitations of legislators in the Texas state constitution?

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Term limits do not exist in the constitution.

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State constitutional provisions voided by a conflicting U.S. constitutional is

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deadwood.

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According to the Texas Constitution, which of the following is not true concerning the executive branch of government?

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The requirements to be governor are stricter in Texas than other states.

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Which power allows the governor to appoint supervisory boards but not operational directors for most state agencies?

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Indirect appointive

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The power of some governors to reduce amounts in an appropriations bill without striking them out is defined as

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reduction veto.

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Texas and Oklahoma are the only states that have

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two courts of final appeals.

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Which of the following is not a power granted to the Texas governor?

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Reduction veto

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Which of the following is not a proposal to reform the process of selecting judges in Texas?

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Term limits

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The constitution stipulates that state judges are to be selected by which method?

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Partisan election by the voters

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Which is another name for the merit selection of judges?

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The Missouri Plan

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The state government decentralizes power by assigning many functions to units of local government, especially

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counties.

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________ is a document authorizing the establishment of a city with a population of 5,000 or less whose structure and organization are prescribed and limited by state law.

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General-law charter

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*** Answer is not all of the above!!! Which of the following has limited purposes in terms of local government?

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Special districts

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Which election method allows citizens to place proposals on the ballot for voter approval? If the measure passes, it becomes law.

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Initiative

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Which method of election permits voters to determine if an ordinance or statute will go into effect?

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Referendum

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Texas gives its voters the power to do which of the following?

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Approve constitutional amendments

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Which of the following is true about the Texas Constitution's amendment process?

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Ratification by the majority of voters

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Article 17 of the Texas Constitution provides for

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proposal of Constitutional Amendments.

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Texas does not permit voters to decide directly on

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legislative appointments.

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Which is not a correct statement about the present-day Texas Constitution?

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It is the longest state constitution.

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The Constitutional Convention of 1974 was divided over which issue?

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Reducing the term of the governor to two years

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Opposition to the 1975 proposed constitutional overhaul centered on all of the following issues except

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biennial legislative sessions.

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When state governments misuse their powers, the response is usually to

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place constitutional limitations and restrictions on those powers

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Which statement most accurately reflects state constitutions?

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They are poorly written and, as a result are interpreted to be overly restrictive.

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State constitutions require more amendments because of each of the following except

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state constitutions are usually written in general terms and need additional clarification.

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Which U.S. Supreme Court case voided the Texas' governor's election of 1873?

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Ex parte Rodriguez

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