Exam 1: Chap. 1-3

Question 1

Individuals are best left largely free of the intervention of community forces such as government and that governor should attempt only those demanded by the people it is created to serve

Answer 1

Individual political culture

Question 2

Who is the Empresario in Texas?

Answer 2

Stephen F. Austin

Question 3

What are the Caddo Indians nickname?

Answer 3

Romans of Texas

Question 4

Percent of world government that use unitary system?

Answer 4

75%

Question 5

What case said the necessary and proper clause of the US Constitution created implied powers?

Answer 5

McCulloh v Maryland

Question 6

What group of German nobles facilitated German emigration to Texas with the goal of creating a German State in Texas

Answer 6

Adelsverein Society

Question 7

______ and Governor Bob Bullock worked together.

Answer 7

Gov George W Bush

Question 8

Example of confederal government

Answer 8

United Nations

Question 9

What happened in the Battle of San Jacinto?

Answer 9

Texas defeated Santa Anna, resulting in the Treaties of Velasco and Texas being a Republic

Question 10

Who refused to leave office after losing the governor’s race?

Answer 10

Governor E.J. Davis

Question 11

What is the practice in the South of voting for Republicans in presidential elections but voting for conservative Democrats in other races?

Answer 11

Presidential republicanism

Question 12

What is the number required for a quorum in a Texas house?

Answer 12

100 members

Question 13

What is called when the view that the exercise of community pressure is necessary to advance the public good?

Answer 13

Moralistic political culture

Question 14

What is an order from the national government to the local government, that is not funded by the national government?

Answer 14

unfunded mandate

Question 15

What is sit called when power is delivered to states?

Answer 15

Devolution

Question 16

What is the year of the current Texas Constitution?

Answer 16

1876

Question 17

What is the principle that all local governments are creations of state governments and only those powers granted to them by the state

Answer 17

Dillon’s rule

Question 18

Example of a unitary country?

Answer 18

Colonial America

Question 19

What is the requirement to pass a concurrent resolution?

Answer 19

Passage in both house

Question 20

What is a blocking bill in the Texas Senate?

Answer 20

A bill that is introduced not to be passed but to hold a place at the top of the Texas Senate Calendar; prevents bills below it on the calendar fro, being considered

Question 21

Number of Texas house calendars?

Answer 21

7

Question 22

Example of a Federalist country

Answer 22

United States

Question 23

Why was Block Grant popular?

Answer 23

Republican administrations favored converting categorical grants to block grants as a way to return policy control

Question 24

How many times was the Texas Constitution amended making it one of the most frequently amended constitutions? and at what year?

Answer 24

517; 1876

Question 25

What is it called when the power of government is greater than the power of the state?

Answer 25

Supremacy Clause

Question 26

What is the requirement that a state deliver someone suspected or convicted of a crime in another state back to the state where the crime occurred, so the accused can face trial or sentencing?

Answer 26

Extradition

Question 27

What official legislative work group meets on a limited basis to reconcile the different versions of a bill that has passed in the Texas House and Senate?

Answer 27

Conference Comittee

Question 28

How is the Lieutenant Governor selected?

Answer 28

Elected by voters across the state

Question 29

How much in both houses are required to amend the state constitution?

Answer 29

2/3 majority

Question 30

What state has a unitary legislature?

Answer 30

Every state, except Nebraska

Question 31

What is the length of term for Texas state senator

Answer 31

4 years

Question 32

What is the receipt of how much it costs to establish legislation?

Answer 32

Fiscal note

Question 33

What happens when you markup a bill?

Answer 33

a committee goes line by line through a bill to make changes without formal amendments

Question 34

What is the addition to a bill that deals with unrelated subjects?

Answer 34

Rider attached to bill

Question 35

What does one person, one vote mean?

Answer 35

1 person = 1 vote

Question 36

What is the base salary of Texas legislators?

Answer 36

$7,200

Question 37

What are the 2 states with 2 supreme courts?

Answer 37

Texas and Oklahoma

Question 38

What is an example of an issue caucus in the Texas legislature?

Answer 38

rural caucus (advocates healthcare, transportation, and education policies favorable to rural texas

Question 39

What is the minimum age to be in a Texas house?

Answer 39

21

Question 40

Who has the power to call special session

Answer 40

Governor

Question 41

Minimum age for Texas Senate?

Answer 41

26

Question 42

Number of states with term limits?

Answer 42

15

Question 43

What are the plans for the BOFA building in Dallas?

Answer 43

BOFA will leave multiple floors of the tower empty 4 years from now; BOFA plans to move to a new tower being built uptown

Question 44

Number of members in Texas Senate?

Answer 44

31

Question 45

Number of members in Texas House?

Answer 45

150

Question 46

What is it called when an elected official is entrusted to act in the best interests of the electorate based on their knowledge; the representative is understood to be generally better informed than the broader electorate

Answer 46

Trustee representation

Question 47

What is the practice of politicians creating oddly shaped electoral districts to maximize their political advantage in upcoming elections?

Answer 47

Gerrymandering

Question 48

What are the other government roles of LT Governor?

Answer 48

Assumes the duties of the governor and serves on the LRB and LBB

Question 49

What is the language that makes a bill effective immediately upon being signed into law rather than subject to the customary 90-day waiting period?

Answer 49

Emergency clause