Test 1

Question 1

What is the defining characteristic of a representative democracy?

Answer 1

Voting

Question 2

3 demographic characteristics that determine voter participation?

Answer 2

Age
Education
Income

Question 3

What is the name for a type of primary where electorate has participates directly in voting for a candidate?

Answer 3

Direct primary.

Question 4

Who wins in a TX Primary?

Answer 4

Anyone who receives 1 more than 50% of the vote.

Question 5

What is plurality?

Answer 5

An election rule in which the candidate with the most votes wins regardless of whether it is a majority.

Question 6

Some deterrents used to prevent large-voter turnout?

Answer 6

• Ballot construction
• number of candidates
• low education
• low income

Question 7

What are the 3 defining characteristics of the American Political Parties

Answer 7

1. Pragmatism
2. 2 Party System
3. Decentralization

Question 8

What are the main things both Repubs and Dems do at party conventions?

Answer 8

• Elect party officers
• Elect state executive committee **
• Adopt a political platform.

Question 9

What is a precinct convention?

Answer 9

It is a gathering of citizens who voted earlier for that party’s candidate. Grass-roots level of politics.

Question 10

What is Lawrence v. Texas

Answer 10

Two gay dudes were having sex. A cop probably illegally entered their residence and arrested them for having butt sex. When it reached the Supreme Court, the justices were like “yo, we can’t force you to legalize butthole touching, but we can’t allow you to entered peoples home and arrest them for doing the most intimate thing with each other”.

Question 11

What is the “core” area of Texas

Answer 11

Central Texas (Austin)

Question 12

When did women gain the right to vote in Tx?

Answer 12

the 1918 TX Primary (received full voting rights in 1920)

Question 13

What was the Raymondville Peonage cases?

Answer 13

(1929) Tested legality of having debtors or vagrants perform labor to pay off loans (mexicans)

Question 14

What is Hernandez v. Tx?

Answer 14

This hispanic dude was arrested for a murder. During his trial there were so many white dudes that it was found to be an violation of his equal right protection from the law (14th amendment).
"Latinos, although white, were a class apart".

Question 15

Powers on the national/federal level are known as _____

Answer 15

Delegated powers

Question 16

Delegated powers belong to who?

Answer 16

the National / Federal level of government.

Question 17

Concurrent powers are what?

Answer 17

Powers shared by both state and national gov.

Question 18

What are the powers that are shared between state and national level?

Answer 18

Concurrent Powers

Question 19

What are reserved powers?

Answer 19

State’s powers.

Question 20

What are the powers that belong to the states?

Answer 20

Reserved powers.