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The Basics
Political Culture
Texas Constitution
Federalism
Political Parties
100
______________ is the division of power between the states and federal government.
What is Federalism?
100
____________ are the types of political culture created by political scientist, Daniel Elazar
What are moralistic, individualistic, and traditionalistic?
100
The ___________ of the Texas Constitution make the amendment process central to the political process.
What is the length?
100
_________ is the process of applying the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis through court proceedings.
What is selective incorporation?
100
The sources and process whereby an individual develops his or her political opinions is called ____________.
What is political socialization?
200
_____________ is the allocation of resources
What is Politics?
200
___________ is the industry currently driving the state's economy.
What is the high-tech industry?
200
____________ is the state's current constitution.
What is the Constitution of 1876?
200
___________ are federal requirements that states or local governments pay the costs of federal policies
What is unfunded mandates?
200
The ____________ has gained momentum in Texas because of their libertarian anti-tax message.
What is the Tea Party?
300
NAFTA is a trade agreement between
What is Canada, the United States, and Mexico?
300
___________ was one of the least affected states by and was one of the first to come out of the recession in 2007
What is Texas?
300
__________,_________,___________,__________ is the four step procedure for constitutional amendments.
What is Legislative proposal, 2/3s congressional approval, publishing twice in recognized newspapers, majority of voters must approve?
300
__________ is the federalism whereby powers are strictly separated between the federal and state governments
What is dual federalism?
300
______________ plays a crucial role in determining how to vote.
What is party identification?
400
____________ is the provision in the Bill of Rights for states' rights.
What is The Tenth Amendment?
400
____________ is the idea that rural interests take priority over urban interests; it also discourages diversity.
What is Provincialism
400
_____________ is the notion that the U.S. Constitution and federal laws are the supreme law of the land
What is the Supremacy Clause?
400
___________ was a Supreme Court case which altered the Voting Rights Act and validated laws requiring the proper photo identification at polls.
What is Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder? (Shelby v. Holder is fine)
400
__________, ___________, ___________ are the primary agents of political socialization.
What is family, church, school?
500
______, _______, _______, ________, ________, _________ are the six largest cities in Texas (in order).
What are Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, and El Paso?
500
Compared to the nation, the Texas population is ________ (age wise)
What is younger (than the national average)?
500
___________ lays out the provisions for the judicial branch in the Texas Constitution.
What is Article Five?
500
__________ is one of the four types of federalism through which states take a leading role in policy making. States' rights are crucial here.
What is new federalism?
500
_____________ is a voting pattern in which conservatives vote Democratic for state offices but Republican for presidential candidates.
What is presidential republicanism?