1,2,3 Study Guide

Question 1

What is the set of political beliefs, a minority in Texas, which includes active government involvement, including government intervention, to improve the welfare of individuals and to protect civil rights?

Answer 1

Liberalism

Question 2

Of the policies below, choose the one that best fits Texas’ individualistic subculture:
A) high levels of public spending
B) low taxes
C) universal health insurance for children

Answer 2

B) low taxes

Question 3

Which two American political subcultures characterize Texas political culture?

Answer 3

Traditionalistic and individualistic

Question 4

Which organization is a longstanding advocacy organization for a wide variety of Latino political, legal and social interests?

Answer 4

LULAC

Question 5

What was the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in LAWRENCE VS TEXAS (2003)?

Answer 5

Recognized a constitutional right to privacy for gays and lesbians

Question 6

What ethnic group will constitute a new majority in texas by 2040, with potentially dramatic political consequences?

Answer 6

Hispanics

Question 7

What case was one of the most important civil rights cases of the 1950’s that determined that Latinos were a “class apart”?

Answer 7

Hernandez vs State

Question 8

The American GI Forum was established in 1948 by Latino Texan veterans of WWII headed up by _____ and played a major role in winning Latino Americans full citizenship and civil respect.

Answer 8

Major Hector Garcia

Question 9

In 196, Texas Farmworker Union strikers, supportive politicians, members of other labor unions, and the Texas Council of Churches began a March to Austin and held a rally at the state Capitol. Which law enforcement agency used excessive force against the protestors?

Answer 9

Texas Rangers

Question 10

What was the name of the suit that helped chip away at the “separate but equal” doctrine when texas would not allow an African American to enter UT law school?

Answer 10

Sweatt vs. Painter

Question 11

Texas Democrats banned African American Texans from party membership altogether and in 1935 the court UPHELD this ploy in the case _____.

Answer 11

Grovey vs Townshend

Question 12

T or F: Husbands in texas had control of all property, both separate and community until 1967.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T or F: Women were given the right to serve on juries in 1954.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T or F: The Martial Property Act in Texas in 1967 significantly advanced women’s equality.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

A US Supreme Court case from Texas, styled ___ vs ____ /decriminalized/ abortions throughout the nation in 1973.

Answer 15

Roe vs Wade

Question 16

T or F: In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed a law that a woman must undergo a sonogram and have a fetal image described by the physician prior to terminating a pregnancy, in addition to a 24-hour waiting period.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Which /amendment/ to the U.S. Constitution was used in African American and Latino cases to expand minority rights in Texas and in the nation?

Answer 17

14th

Question 18

Name at least two areas in which Texas ranks #1 compared to other states:

Answer 18

A) executions

B) wind power

Question 19

What issue do Texans support by more than 50%?

Answer 19

Capital Punishment

Question 20

T or F: The federal gov is one of the largest sources of income for Texas state gov.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T or F: A /federal/ form of gov is one in which powers are divided and shared between the national and state governments.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Give at least 3 examples of concurrent power in the American political system.

Answer 22

1. To borrow money
2. To levy taxes
3. To make and enforce laws

Question 23

T or F: The Supreme Court ruled that states have /coequal power/ to regulate immigration.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Does the “full faith and credit clause” of the U.S. Constitution apply to same sex marriage?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

T or F: The 14th amendment defines a citizen as all persons /born or naturalized/ in the US.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

T or F: The /incorporation doctrine/ holds that state and local governments, in addition to the federal government, are /bound to uphold/ the Bill of Rights.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What is the name of the clause in the US Constitution that says “the Authority of the U.S. shall be the supreme law of the land”.

Answer 27

Supremacy clause

Question 28

What part of the U.S. Constitution /reserves powers/ to the states?

Answer 28

10th Amendment

Question 29

Give at least two examples of powers reserved to the states:

Answer 29

1. Elections

2. Reverse interstate commerce

Question 30

What is a patterned set of ideas, values, and ways of thinking about government?

Answer 30

Political culture