Texas Exam 1
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Political culture is a term used to describe
a. the level of education and learning in a particular state.
b. the degree of public support for the arts.
c. the broadly shared values and beliefs about government.
d. the amount of partisan bickering in a state.
e. how liberal or conservative a state is.
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2. Which of the following is the best description of Texas political culture?
a. Texas currently resembles the U.S. West more than the South in terms of its political
culture.
b. Texans have a moralistic political culture.
c. The political culture of Texas has been dominated by Hispanic immigration.
d. Texas has multiple political cultures within its borders.
e. Texas has a traditionalistic-moralistic political culture.
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3. By ______, all major statewide elected offices in Texas were controlled by Republicans.
a. 1980
b. 1988
c. 1992
d. 1996
e. 2002
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4. Provincialism is best defined as
a. the belief that God will lead.
b. a narrow view of the world.
c. the belief in limited government.
d. the belief in the free market.
e. the belief in the right to own private property.
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5. Which of the following has traditionally dominated the political culture of Texas?
a. labor unions
b. business interests
c. environmentalist groups
d. the Catholic Church
e. lawyers
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6. ______ is the system, common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by which farmers would be lent lan
equipment in exchange for part of the profits.
a. Indentured servitude
b. Free ranging
c. Wildcatting
d. Sharecropping
e. Provincialism
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7. Who led the Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century?
a. tenant farmers
b. cattle barons
c. Hispanic laborers
d. the railroad industry
e. oil prospectors
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8. When in Texas history did cattle become big business?
a. during the period of Mexican rule
b. during the Republic
c. after the Civil War
d. between the 1930s and the 1950s
e. during Spanish rule
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9. The regulation of oil and energy in Texas is performed by
a. the Texas Railroad Commission.
b. the Texas Department of Oil and Gas.
c. the governor of Texas.
d. ExxonMobil.
e. hardly anyone; there is little if any regulation of the Texas oil and energy industry.
____ 10. ______ was the chief economic product of Texas during the early twentieth century.
a. Cattle
b. Cotton
c. Oil
d. Manufacturing
e. Steel
____ 11. Technological change in Texas is best evidenced by the
a. Civil War’s positive effect on the Texas economy.
b. boom-and-bust cycle of the oil industry.
c. development of a high-tech industry after a slump in oil prices.
d. continued reliance on ranching.
e. continued reliance on oil production.
____ 12. NAFTA established
a. free trade between North and Central America.
b. free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
c. free trade between Texas and Mexico.
d. a more liberalized immigration policy.
e. free trade between the United States and China.
____ 13. Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas?
a. Hispanics
b. German Americans
c. African Americans
d. Asian Americans
e. Caucasian Americans
____ 14. What was Stephen F. Austin’s role in the development of Texas?
a. He established the first free-range cattle ranch.
b. He worked with the Spanish government to bring American settlers into Texas.
c. He was an important early oil entrepreneur.
d. He designed the city that bears his name.
e. He was one of Texas’s most successful cattle barons.
____ 15. Which city in Texas currently has the largest population?
a. San Antonio
b. Dallas
c. Houston
d. El Paso
e. Austin
____ 16. Historically, the economy of Fort Worth has been associated with what industry?
a. oil
b. cattle
c. computer technology
d. shipping
e. cotton
____ 17. The economy of San Antonio rests on all of the following except
a. national military bases.
b. educational institutions.
c. the high-tech industry.
d. tourism.
e. a large medical research complex.
____ 18. In his book, Governor Perry alleged that federal power grew at the expense of state sovereignty through all of the follo
a. the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment.
b. the Sixteenth Amendment.
c. federal programs designed to redistribute wealth.
d. the New Deal.
e. the Tea Party movement.
____ 19. Congress gained the power to tax income through
a. the Seventeenth Amendment.
b. the Tenth Amendment.
c. the New Deal.
d. the Sixteenth Amendment.
e. coercive federalism.
____ 20. State legislatures lost the power to appoint their U.S. senators under
a. the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
b. the Sixteenth Amendment.
c. the Seventeenth Amendment.
d. the Tenth Amendment.
e. State legislators still routinely appoint U.S. senators.
____ 21. Both federal and state governments obtain sovereignty directly from
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b.
c.
d.
e.
the Treaty of Versailles.
the consent of the people.
the Declaration of Independence.
block grants.
the Divine Right of Kings.
____ 22. During the Nullification Crisis in 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)
a. national legislation passed by Congress.
b. actions taken by the North Carolina and Georgia militias.
c. Supreme Court rulings.
d. presidential cabinet appointments.
e. terms of office for U.S. senators and representatives.
____ 23. Among the advantages that are frequently associated with a federal form of government, which of the following is not
as an advantage?
a. States are encouraged to compete with each other.
b. Creative solutions can be applied to social problems.
c. Legislation more closely reflects the wishes of the people.
d. Unfunded mandates are imposed upon state governments.
e. A true federal system tends to limit the power of the national government.
____ 24. Dual federalism is also known as
a. layer-cake federalism.
b. cooperative federalism.
c. coercive federalism.
d. marble-cake federalism.
e. New Federalism.
____ 25. The relationship between the states and the federal government changed dramatically soon after
a. the Civil War began.
b. the Great Depression began.
c. World War I ended.
d. the annexation of Texas.
e. the “return to normalcy.”
____ 26. Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as
a. New Federalism.
b. coercive federalism.
c. cooperative federalism.
d. dual federalism.
e. layer-cake federalism.
____ 27. Medicaid, a national program providing health care for the poor, was added to the existing Social Security program und
a. Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
b. FDR’s New Deal.
c. Nixon’s New Federalism.
d. Wilson’s New Freedom programs.
e. the “return to normalcy.”
____ 28. The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by Presid
under the name New Federalism.
a. Clinton
b. Wilson
c. Johnson
d. Nixon
e. Obama
____ 29. As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, so
began calling our system ______ federalism.
a. sovereign
b. dual
c. Progressive
d. coercive
e. utopian
____ 30. When the federal government requires a state to meet federal guidelines without offering financial support to pay for th
it is known as
a. the supremacy clause.
b. Congress’s power to tax and spend.
c. an unfunded mandate.
d. the general welfare clause.
e. cooperative federalism.
____ 31. After the Civil War and Reconstruction had ended, politics in Texas were dominated for several decades by
a. the Republican Party.
b. the Whig Party.
c. the Progressive Party.
d. no political party with any consistency.
e. the Democratic Party.
____ 32. During the Wilson administration, Texans held key leadership positions in Congress and had great political influence b
a. Texas was such a populous state.
b. they were wealthy and powerful oil men.
c. the seniority system rewarded members who spent many terms in office.
d. Texas voted overwhelmingly for Republican candidates.
e. Wilson was afraid that Texas might break up into five separate states.
____ 33. Progressives favored the prohibition of alcohol, because they believed that
a. alcohol and tobacco companies had too much power.
b. organized criminal organizations would distribute the product more efficiently.
c. alcohol harmed individuals and families.
d. since the federal government could not tax alcohol, they should outlaw it.
e. the Ten Commandments made alcohol consumption a sin.
____ 34. Progressives finally succeeded in outlawing the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages with the p
______ Amendment.
a. Eighteenth
b. Nineteenth
c. Thirteenth
d. Fifteenth
e. Sixteenth
____ 35. The 16th amendment allowed the federal goveernment to directly affect individual citizens by allowing
a. Women to vote
b. Personal income taxes
c. African Americans to vote
d. The Sale of Alcohol
e. The Equal Rights for all
____ 36. Which prominent Texan served as FDR’s vice president until 1940?
a. John Nance Garner
b. Sam Rayburn
c. Sam Houston
d. Jesse Jones
e. Edward House
____ 37. A key component of FDR’s New Deal was greater emphasis upon public works projects, which included all of the follo
a. rural electrification.
b. soil conservation.
c. water projects.
d. farm-to-market roads.
e. construction of the Panama Canal.
____ 38. In the Supreme Court case against Ollie McClung, the federal government claimed authority to end state-sanctioned se
which part of the U.S. Constitution?
a. the First Amendment
b. the Commerce Clause
c. the Fifteenth Amendment
d. the general welfare clause
e. the “pursuit of happiness” clause
____ 39. Since obtaining statehood, the one area in which Texans have most consistently supported the federal government is in
a. national defense.
b. civil rights.
c. economic regulation.
d. environmental regulation.
e. income redistribution.
____ 40. As Texans became disillusioned in the years following the New Deal, increasingly they began to support economic der
cuts, and a strong national defense. Which presidential candidate made these goals part of his national platform?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Ronald Reagan
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Al Gore
e. Mike Dukakis
____ 41. When Phil Gramm, a lifelong Democrat, switched to the Republican Party and easily won reelection, it signaled
a. an increasing ideological division between Republicans and Democrats.
b.
c.
d.
e.
the seniority system in Congress.
consequences of economic regulation.
the end of the Democratic Party in Texas.
the growing division between the two factions in the Democratic Party.
____ 42. In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that
a. Congress had improperly used the interstate commerce clause.
b. Congress had no authority to regulate commerce.
c. not only could Congress regulate interstate commerce, it could regulate anything that
affected prices and market conditions.
d. Roscoe Filburn was right and he was to be paid $117.11 by the federal government.
e. the New Deal was not subject to any constitutional limitations.
____ 43. In which case did the Supreme Court declare that Congress’s power to regulate using the interstate commerce clause w
and that the activity must substantially affect interstate commerce?
a. United States v. Lopez
b. Gonzales v. Raich
c. Printz v. United States
d. South Dakota v. Dole
e. Wickard v. Filburn
____ 44. Congress’s authority to withhold highway funding from states that failed to raise the legal drinking age was upheld und
a. United States v. Lopez.
b. Gonzales v. Raich.
c. Printz v. United States.
d. South Dakota v. Dole.
e. Wickard v. Filburn.
____ 45. According to the text, the Tea Party era is marked by all of the following EXCEPT
a. distrust of the federal government.
b. belief that taxes are too high.
c. willingness to challenge incumbent Republicans who are not conservative enough.
d. strong support for Obamacare.
e. desire for ideological purity among Republican officeholders.
____ 46. As a result of the Tea Party movement
a. politics in Texas is becoming more polarized.
b. “moderate” politicians are more easily elected.
c. the implementation of Obamacare is largely unchallenged.
d. environmental regulation has increased substantially.
e. income redistribution has gained substantial support.
____ 47. A Tea Party political action committee, Club for Growth Action, targeted Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in his
Republican primary with a $1 million television ad campaign in which he was labeled a ______, the new derogatory la
candidate in Texas.
a. right-wing
b. moderate
c. liberal
d. Socialist
e. radical
____ 48. According to a prominent blog for Tea Party supporters, their message to politicians is this:
a. Both parties must compromise their principles in order to work together.
b. The people are watching your votes, and you cannot support big government while
pretending to support limited government.
c. The Tenth Amendment must be repealed.
d. The federal government must be given more power to deal with local problems.
e. Obamacare must be retained.
____ 49. Today, our federal system is best described as
a. layer-cake federalism.
b. marble-cake federalism.
c. dual federalism.
d. New Federalism.
e. coercive federalism.
____ 50. One proposal to address illegal immigration in Texas is a guest-worker program in which temporary immigrant worker
permitted to work in Texas provided that they do all of the following EXCEPT
a. pass a background check.
b. be employed and pay payroll taxes.
c. be proficient in English.
d. be registered to vote in state and national elections.
e. waive all rights to public assistance programs.
____ 51. The system of distributing powers between states and a central government is called
a. federalism.
b. separation of powers.
c. constitutionalism.
d. filtration.
e. checks and balances.
____ 52. What is the most important difference between the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions?
a. Most state constitutions create confederated forms of government.
b. Civil rights are not found in state constitutions.
c. The U.S. Constitution contains no checks and balances.
d. State constitutions are subordinate to the U.S. Constitution.
e. State constitutions contain no checks and balances.
____ 53. Philosophically, the Texas Constitution reflects a
a. distrust of politicians and political power.
b. faith in the ability of political institutions to create good public policy.
c. desire to use public institutions to boost the state’s economic infrastructure.
d. commitment to home rule.
e. belief that a dominant political class is best selected to run the government.
____ 54. The Mexican War of Independence against ______ grew out of the ______.
a. Spain; Napoleonic Wars
b. France; French Revolution
c. Spain; U.S. War of Independence
d. United States; U.S. War of Independence
e. Spain; War of 1812
____ 55. Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the Texas legislature?
a. Since independence from Mexico, Texas has had a bicameral legislature.
b. Texas’s first unicameral legislature was established while the state was a member of the
Confederacy.
c. Texas has always had a unicameral legislature.
d. Texas created the idea of a unicameral legislature.
e. Texas has a plural legislature divided up into six different chambers.
____ 56. Texas became an independent republic in ______ and became part of the United States in ______.
a. 1827; 1861
b. 1827; 1869
c. 1836; 1845
d. 1845; 1876
e. 1844; 1845
____ 57. The Texas Constitution of 1869 was created
a. because Texas needed a new constitution when it joined the Confederacy.
b. by members of the Texas Republican Party.
c. in order to limit the power of state government.
d. as a reaction against Reconstruction.
e. to abolish slavery.
____ 58. In what year was Texas’s current constitution ratified?
a. 1828
b. 1845
c. 1876
d. 1946
e. 1999
____ 59. Which principle of government is the key to understanding the drafting of the Texas Constitution of 1876?
a. the need for governmental subsidy and regulation of economic growth
b. the importance of civil right protections for African Americans and Latinos
c. the necessity of strong limitations on the authority of state officials
d. the value of states’ rights
e. the principle of checks and balances
____ 60. The Texas Constitution is
a. a tightly argued, brief document of general principles.
b. a long, complex, and detailed document.
c. difficult to amend, compared to the U.S. Constitution.
d. an economic treatise disguised as a blueprint for government.
e. based on the fundamental principle of liberal progressivism.
____ 61. What is the major difference between the bill of rights in the Texas constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights?
a. There is no bill of rights in the Texas Constitution.
b. The Texas Constitution grants to Texans rights that are not found in the U.S. Constitution.
c. The Texas bill of rights is far less detailed than the federal Bill of Rights.
d. The Texas Constitution has no specific rights for those accused of a crime.
e. The Texas Constitution does not grant specific rights to former slaves.
____ 62. Which of the following statements about republican government is incorrect?
a. The right to republican government is not guaranteed in the Texas bill of rights.
b. Republican government is part of a system of representative democracy.
c. Under a representative government, power derives from the people.
d. The Texas constitution gives the people a right to reform or to abolish their government.
e. The right to republican government is guaranteed in the Texas bill of rights.
____ 63. The separation of government into three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial—is called
a. division of labor.
b. checks and balances.
c. separation of powers.
d. federalism.
e. constitutionalism.
____ 64. Which of the following describes a significant difference between the structure of the Texas executive department and
the U.S. executive branch?
a. In Texas, the executive department is made up of several elected offices, instead of just
one.
b. The chief executive in Texas does not have the power to check the legislature with a veto,
as the U.S. president can.
c. The governor has term limits, while the U.S. president does not.
d. The governor of Texas is paid more than the U.S. president.
e. The governor is considered president of the Texas senate, while the U.S. president is not
considered the presiding officer over the U.S. Senate.
____ 65. Under the Texas Constitution, who has the power of impeachment?
a. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the senate has the power to
try and convict.
b. The senate has the power to both impeach and convict.
c. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the state supreme court has
the power to try and convict.
d. Texas has no constitutional provisions for impeachment.
e. The Texas supreme court has the power to impeach and convict.
____ 66. The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amendment?
a. a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters
of Texas
b. only a majority vote from the voters of Texas
c. the governor’s signature
d. a two-thirds vote in county conventions convened for the purpose of amending the
constitution
e. a majority vote in both houses of the state legislature
True/False T=A F=B
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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1. Many conservatives believe that Americans are overtaxed and overregulated by the federal government.
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2. Under the Articles of Confederation, states played a primary role in governing Americans, while the national governme
limited powers.
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3. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents state governments from imposing “cruel and unusual” punish
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4. Replacing the Articles of Confederation in 1787, the new U.S. Constitution allowed both the federal government and s
governments to retain significant measures of sovereignty.
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5. The Great Depression of 1929 was the catalyst that led many Americans to support the New Deal.
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6. New Federalism was President Richard Nixon’s attempt to give individual states greater control over how they spent fe
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7. Unfunded mandates requiring states to meet federal guidelines without financial support are associated with coercive f
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8. The question of slavery was an important subject of congressional debate prior to Texas’s annexation.
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9. Because of single-party dominance, Texas’s members of Congress easily built up seniority and were quite powerful du
era.
____ 10. As revealed in his recent book and campaign speeches, Governor Rick Perry is an outspoken supporter of a strong, cen
government.
____ 11. The Texas Constitution of 1869 was written by members of the Republican Party, including African Americans.
____ 12. The Texas Constitution created a plural executive, consisting of multiple elected officers.
____ 13. The Texas Constitution creates two top appellate courts, one for civil cases and one for criminal cases.
____ 14. The current Texas Constitution has been amended more than four hundred times.
Essay answer promts completely and fully
1. Compare and contrast marble-cake federalism with layer-cake federalism. Why do members of the Tea Party want to s
closer to a dual system while Progressives want even greater federal involvement in state affairs?
2. What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centr
What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours?
3. What is the process by which the Texas Constitution is amended? How many amendments have been added since 1876
of amendments have been added?
Texas Exam 1
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Texas Political Culture
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PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 57–59
The Tea Party Era
MSC: Applied
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: p. 59
The Tea Party Era
MSC: Applied
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: p. 59
The Tea Party Era
MSC: Applied
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
REF: p. 60
Cooperative Federalism
MSC: Applied
D
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 60–62
Immigration Policy
MSC: Applied
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
REF: p. 71
Principles of State Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Definition
D
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: pp. 71–72
Principles of State Constitutions
MSC: Conceptual
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 71–72 | pp. 81–84
Thinking Critically about the Texas Constitution
MSC: Conceptual
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: p. 73
The Structure of the Texas Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Historical
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: pp. 73–76
The Constitution Today
MSC: Applied
C
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: pp. 74–78
The Structure of the Texas Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Historical
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 80–81
The Structure of the Texas Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Historical
C
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 81–83
The Structure of the Texas Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Historical
C
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: pp. 81–83
The Structure of the Texas Constitutions
MSC: Factual—Historical
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
REF: p. 83
Thinking Critically about the Texas Constitution
MSC: Conceptual
B
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 84–85
The Constitution Today
MSC: Applied
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
REF: pp. 84–85
The Constitution Today
MSC: Applied
C
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
REF: p. 85
The Constitution Today
MSC: Factual—Definition
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: pp. 86–87
The Constitution Today
MSC: Applied
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
REF: p. 88
The Constitution Today
MSC: Factual
A
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
REF: p. 89
Reform Attempts and Amendments
MSC:
Factual
TRUE/FALSE
1. ANS: T
2. ANS: T
PTS: 1
PTS: 1
REF: p. 39 | pp. 53–54
REF: p. 41
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p. 42
p. 43
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p. 87
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