Vocabulary
Act of redrawing districts lines to favor a political party
Bar these people from voting and holding office after the Reconstruction Acts were passed.
Who are the Confederates?
type of bill that applies only to limited geographic areas
What is a local bill?
ruled that the federal government lacks the authority to block the election maps drawn up by the state
second most powerful member of the Texas legislature
Who is the Speaker of the House?
a party where a candidate receives 20-percent of the votes
What is a major party?
white-only members who can vote in an election primaries
What are White Primaries?
must have 2/3 of the vote to pass
What is a bill?
illegal exemption that allowed anyone whose grandfathers could vote from poll taxes or literacy tests
What are grandfather clauses?
Current governor of Texas
Who is Greg Abott?
Act of leaving a political party to join another
What is realignment?
form of a tax required to be paid prior to voting
requires the Texas legislature that a bill be read a third time and another vote be completed on a different day
What is the Texas Constitution?
1935 extensive government social programs, financial regulations and economic policies
What is the New Deal?
1952-1956 Republican nominee who later become president; known for his participation in World War II.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
required potential voters to pass a test showing they had enough knowledge of the government to vote
What are literacy tests?
act of a member of the legislature that tries to stall a bill from passing by debating the subject endlessly
What is a filibuster?
provides advice to the presiding officer in House and Senate about procedural questions
Who is the parliamentarian?
required that both the house of representatives and the senate be "apportioned on a population basis."
What is Reynolds v. Sims?
An unpopular Texan governor who implemented centralized public education
Who is Edmund J. Davis?
% of the voting-age population that votes
What is VAP?
Requirements that potential prevent people from voting due
What are registration requirements?
reports to the whole committee with a written recommendation about what action should be taken on a bill
Who is the subcommittee?
a form of payment to vote made illegal by the Voting Right Act of 1965
What is a poll tax?
Pro-Houston faction of the Democrats
Who are the Jackson Democrats?