The Nineteenth Amendment gave _____________________.
What is women the right to vote?
100
The _______________ was an offshoot of the Democratic party which preselected candidates for the Democratic primary and prohibited African Americans from participating.
What is the Jaybird party?
100
An ________________ is an organization established to influence government policies and programs
What is interest group?
100
________________ refers to a step in the legislative process in which a bill is killed by the chair of the standing committee to which it was referred, as a result of his or her setting the bill aside and not bringing it before the committee
What is pigeonholing?
100
_____________ is the kind of executive branch in place in Texas whereby all but one of the officials are elected not appointed.
What is plural executive?
200
There are _______ Texas representatives and ______ Texas Senators.
What is 150; 31?
200
Signing petitions, protesting, writing letters to the newspaper and elected officials, and campaign donations are all forms of ____________________.
What is political participation?
200
NRA, Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, AARP
are all examples of _______________ groups.
What are single-issue citizen's groups?
200
_______________ are called by the governor; they last thirty days but the governor can call as many as necessary an sets the agenda.
What are special sessions?
200
A _____________ allows the executive to veto specific provisions (lines) of an appropriations bill passed by the legislature.
What is line-item veto?
300
__________,______________,____________,___________ are the requirements to be eligible to vote in Texas.
What is be eighteen years old, a U.S. citizen, a resident of Texas for 30 days, and a resident of the county for 30 days?
300
______________ elections are used to fill vacancies in office, to give approval to borrow money, or to ratify or reject amendments to the Texas Constitution.
What are special elections?
300
The ________________ refers to the issue whereby the collective benefits from the work of a few.
What is free-rider problem?
300
A _______________ is a tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down.
What is filibuster?
300
__________, __________, __________, __________ are the basic powers of the governor.
What are issuing pardons, appointment, declare martial law, veto?
400
Low levels of educational attainment, low income levels, and high poverty rates may all be factors contributing to______________.
What is low voter-turnout?
400
________________ are in charge of redrawing district lines.
What are state legislatures?
400
The __________________ refers to the problem of individuals changing roles from lobbyists to politicians and vice versa.
What is revolving door?
400
The Texas House of Representatives votes to impeach an official and ____________ holds the trial.
What is the Texas Senate?
400
_______________ refers to the deferment to an individual’s state senator for approval of the appointment before a nomination.
What is senatorial courtesy?
500
State agencies must justify their existence to the ______________ every 12 years before the legislature votes whether or not they are allowed to continue operating, be reorganized, or abolished.
What is Sunset Advisory Commission (SAC)?
500
_________________ played an important role in the expansion of the franchise*
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
________________ was the case through which the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the constitutionality of Super PACs and validated what is called dark money.
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?
500
The ___________ and the ____________ are the most powerful individuals in the House and Senate, respectively.
Who is Speaker of the House and lieutenant governor?
500
The __________________ is the one member of Texas’s plural executive that is not elected and is appointed by the governor.