Public Policy
Media
Public Opinion/Criminal Justice System
Higher Education
Misc.
100
When a district's property tax wealth per students exceeds the cap, most funds go to poorer districts.
What is the Robin Hood Plan?
100
This is where most people get their news today.
What is TV?
100
Texas ranks as one of the most conservative states in the nation. List three examples of Texan conservative opinions.
What is pro-life, no gun control, regressive consumer taxes, pro-business
100
This is how many hours you must have by the time you graduate in order to get a 1,000 rebate?
What is 3 hours within the expected 120 hours.
100
Name the case that reinstated the death penalty bin the United States after it was suspended in 1972 by Furman v. Georgia
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
200
This is how public opinion is measured
What is voting?
200
This is what journalists use to obtain their in-depth coverage of politics.
What is investigative-style journalism?
200
When is public opinion mobilized?
When conflict arises
200
This is when the Republican Majority "deregulated" higher education
What is the year of 2003?
200
The temporary 30-day stay of execution the governor may grant
What is reprieve?
300
Texas ranks 48th
What is Texas's rank in the grey ranking? (very conservative)
300
According to a recent survey, Americans use which social media the most?
Facebook
300
The procedures involved with the arrest and detention of an individual before a bail hearing
What is intake?
300
Describe the process of getting into college from the 1950- 1970s
Graduate from High school, be a Texas resident
300
Taxes that take a higher percentage of income from low-income persons
What are regressive taxes?
400
This emerged during the mid-1800s
When did straw polls emerge?
400
Alice witnessed police brutality and recorded it on her phone. She then posts it on her Instagram.
What is Citizen Journalism?
400
The statutory law that defines criminal offenses and punishments in Texas.
What is the Texas Penal Code?
400
Was established in 1876 to support UT (2/3) and Texas A&M (1/3) systems
What is the PUF (Permanent University Fund)
400
Taxes that rise and fall quickly relative to changes in economic conditions. Texas is an example of where this situation happens
What is income-elastic taxes
500
laws banning abortions are unconstitutional
What is Roe v Wade?
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkBvpC-eM8
What is the difference between soft news and hard news?
500
Refers to the official absolution of a false criminal conviction and may involve release from prison or jail.
What is Exoneration?
500
created in 1984 to support institutions not covered by PUF
What is the HEAF (Higher Education Assistance Fund)
500
Name the percentage of inmate deaths caused by suicide in Texas County Jails.
31%
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