The Texas prison system is operated by _________________.
What is the Department of Criminal Justice?
100
The Nineteenth Amendment gave _____________________.
What is women the right to vote?
100
The sources and process whereby an individual develops his or her political opinions is called ____________.
What is political socialization?
100
An ________________ is an organization established to influence government policies and programs
What is What is interest group?
100
______________ are the main source of revenue for special districts.
What are property taxes?
200
A _____________ is a serious criminal offense that subjects a person fine or imprisonment
What is felony?
200
Signing petitions, protesting, writing letters to the newspaper and elected officials, and campaign donations are all forms of ____________________.
What is political participation?
200
The ____________ has gained momentum in Texas because of their libertarian anti-tax message.
What is the Tea Party?
200
NRA, Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, AARP are all examples of _______________ groups.
What are single-issue citizen's groups?
200
___________________ were created to promote coordination across boundaries for special districts.
What are Councils of Government?
300
A strategy used by prosecutors to get high conviction rates is through _____________ whereby the defendant is bypassing due process and presents his or her case to a judge.
What is plea bargaining?
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
______________ plays a crucial role in determining how to vote.
What is party identification?
300
The ________________ refers to the issue whereby the collective benefits from the work of a few.
What is free-rider problem?
300
_________________ cities and towns may act or organize themselves only as explicitly permitted by statutory law passed by the state legislature.
What are general-law cities?
400
The decision of a criminal jury must be unanimous; the standard of proof is ______________.
What is “beyond a reasonable doubt”?
400
________________ are in charge of redrawing district lines.
What are state legislatures?
400
__________, ___________, ___________ are the primary agents of political socialization.
What is family, church, school?
400
The __________________ refers to the problem of individuals changing roles from lobbyists to politicians and vice versa.
What is revolving door?
400
_______________ cities are allowed to make their own ordinances without the state legislature's initiative.
What are home-rule cities?
500
The _____________ provision allows persons convicted of three felonies to be sentenced to life imprisonment.
What is the “three strikes” provision?
500
The _________________ played an important role in the expansion of the franchise
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
_____________ is a voting pattern in which conservatives vote Democratic for state offices but Republican for presidential candidates.
What is presidential republicanism?
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
A ______________ is a unit of local government that performs a single service in a limited geographic area