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Texas Government 2306 Unit 1 ExamStudy Guide
A belief that government is designed to promote the public good describes the ______
political culture. - correct answer-moralistic.
Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas? - correct
answer-African Americans.
Which describes a Mestizo? - correct answer-An individual of both Spanish and Native
American lineage.
According to Daniel Elazar which of the following distinct political subcultures does not exist
in Texas? - correct answer-Modernistic.
According to Daniel Elazar, what is the subculture of Texas? - correct answer-Traditionalistic
and individualistic
If present population rates continue, by 2020, Hispanics will account for ____ of the
population of Texas. - correct answer-a majority
After the mid-1870s, the Mexican government began to fear further Anglo-American
settlement and acted to curtail it, only to be met with greater demands for concessions by
the settlers. - correct answer-False.
Political culture is a term used to describe - correct answer-the broadly shared values and
beliefs about government.
To prevent the spread of the Standard Oil Company's monopoly into Texas, the state's
attorney general in 1889 began to file "antitrust" suits against companies affiliated with
Standard Oil. This suspicion of a major corporation is an expression of - correct answer-the
Populist tradition in state politics.
During the early 1920s, which organization controlled every elective office in Dallas and
showed considerable political power statewide? - correct answer-The Ku Klux Klan.
The Texas Constitution of 1876 was designed to limit the power of government, especially of
the governor's office. - correct answer-True.
Because Texas allowed slavery, northern states delayed Texas statehood for a decade. -
correct answer-True.
Federalism - correct answer-The system of distributing powers between states and a central
government.
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