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When did Texas become a state? -:- 1845 When was the TEXAS constitution ratified? -:- 1876 What is policy conservatism? -:- A state's tendency to limit the welfare benefits, deregulate business, keep taxes low, and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on individ...

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TAMU POLS 207 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers | Latest Update
When did Texas become a state?

✓ -:- 1845




When was the TEXAS constitution ratified?

✓ -:- 1876




What is policy conservatism?

✓ -:- A state's tendency to limit the welfare benefits, deregulate business, keep

taxes low, and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on

individuals and the marketplace to achieve social goals




What is policy liberalism?

✓ -:- A state's tendency to expand welfare benefits, regulate business, adopt

progressive state income taxes, and generally use government to achieve social

change




Where do STATE governments derive their revenue?




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✓ -:- STATE government revenue comes from income, sales, and other taxes;

charges and fees; and transfers from the federal government. Taxes accounted for

about half of STATE general revenue in 2017.




Where do LOCAL governments derive their revenue?

✓ -:- LOCAL government revenue comes from property, sales, and other taxes;

charges and fees; and transfers from federal and state governments. Taxes accounted

for 42 percent of LOCAL general revenue in 2017.




What is Federalism?

✓ -:- National and regional (state) governments share powers, "independent

equals"




What is a unitary government (Unitary Systems)?

✓ -:- System where legal authority is exclusively held by the central (national)

government




What is a confederation?

✓ -:- A voluntary association of independent sovereign states




Why are states called "laboratories of democracy?"




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✓ -:- They can more easily implement new policies than the national government.

(Policy innovation), States are small representations of the whole country




What is nullification?

✓ -:- The process of a state's rejecting (nullifying) a federal law and making it invalid

within its borders




What are enumerated or delegated powers?

✓ -:- Powers SPECIFICALLY mentioned in the Constitution as belonging to the

national government.




(Among the most important of these is the national supremacy clause)




What are implied powers?

✓ -:- Broad, but undefined, powers given to the federal government by the

Constitution.




(Such as the necessary and proper clause)




What does the 10th amendment state?




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