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CHAPTER 1 The Political Culture, People, and Economy of Texas
Textbook Section (REF)
Texas Political Culture
The Land
Economic Change in Texas
The People of Texas
Urbanization
Chapter Goal (OBJ)
Describe the defining characteristics of political culture in Texas.
Explain how Texas’s geography has influenced its political culture.
Trace the evolution of Texas’s economy.
Explain how the population of Texas has changed over time.
Describe Texas’s shift from a rural society to an urban one.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. American political culture generally highlights which values?
a. | democracy, freedom, happiness | c. | democracy, equality, happiness |
b. | liberty, equality, democracy | d. | liberty, freedom, happiness |
2. Which of the following makes it difficult to classify Texas as having one unified political culture?
a. | its size and diversity | c. | its religious history |
b. | its one party dominance | d. | its rural traditions |
3. Political culture is a term used to describe
a. | the level of education and learning in a particular state. |
b. | the degree of public support for the arts. |
c. | the broadly shared values and beliefs about government. |
d. | the amount of partisan bickering in a state. |
4. Which of the following would best characterize traditional, individualistic political culture?
a. | a government that limits its impact in society so that citizens can pursue their economic self-interest |
b. | a government that is expected to take action to advance the public welfare |
c. | government policies designed to benefit minority groups |
d. | encouragement of active participation in government |
5. Approximately how long did one-party Democratic rule last in Texas?
a. | 10 years | c. | 100 years |
b. | 50 years | d. | 150 years |
6. Provincialism is best defined as
a. | the belief that God will lead. | c. | the belief in an active government. |
b. | a narrow view of the world. | d. | the belief in the free market. |
7. As more women, minorities, and LGBT individuals gain influence in politics,
a. | aspects of provincialism are being challenged. | c. | provincialism is no longer relevant. |
b. | the role of provincialism in political culture has not been affected. | d. | provincialism continues to have no role within political culture. |
8. Which of the following groups are starting to challenge business groups for influence in Texas politics?
a. | labor unions | c. | social conservatives |
b. | lobbyists | d. | the Democratic Party |
9. Which of the following has traditionally played a prominent role in the political culture of Texas?
a. | teachers’ unions | c. | environmental groups |
b. | business leaders | d. | religious leaders |
10. When Texas sold public land to private owners, it also retained ownership of the mineral rights on some of this land. These mineral rights would provide the funding for
a. | transportation infrastructure. | c. | education. |
b. | prisons. | d. | social welfare programs. |
11. Almost of all of Texas’s production of which agricultural product takes place within the Gulf Coastal Plains region?
a. | cattle | c. | cotton |
b. | timber | d. | corn |
12. Texas’s political life grew out of which region?
a. | the Interior Lowlands | c. | the Interior Highlands |
b. | the Gulf Coastal Plains | d. | the Great Plains |
13. Houston is found in which part of Texas?
a. | Interior Lowlands. | c. | Basin and Range Province. |
b. | Great Plains. | d. | Gulf Coastal Plains. |
14. Which city is located in the Great Plains region of Texas?
a. | Lubbock | c. | El Paso |
b. | Fort Worth | d. | Houston |
15. Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?
a. | the Interior Lowlands | c. | the Gulf Coastal Plains |
b. | the Basin and Range Province | d. | the Great Plains |
16. Within the major population centers of the Gulf Coastal Plans region, the suburban areas are becoming more __________________, while urban areas are becoming more ______________.
a. | Democratic; Republican | c. | Republican; Democratic |
b. | Tea Party; Republican | d. | Democratic; Tea Party |
17. Since the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the Border region, including El Paso, McAllen, and Brownsville, has remained politically a ________ bastion.
a. | Democratic Party | c. | Tea Party |
b. | Republican Party | d. | competitive two-party |
18. The phrase privatization of public property refers to the process that established
a. | Texas as the second-largest state in size, next to Alaska. |
b. | the preservation of the Gulf Coastal Plains as the most important ongoing public policy. |
c. | property rules and regulations under which economic development would take place in the state. |
d. | the exact boundaries of Texas following the Mexican American War. |
19. The third wave of creative destruction involves which of the following?
a. | cotton production |
b. | cattle distribution |
c. | the oil industry |
d. | the high-tech digital economy |
20. Which of the following elements dominated the land-based economy of post-Reconstruction Texas and is/are still relevant today?
a. | cattle only | c. | oil and cattle only |
b. | cotton and oil only | d. | oil, cotton, and cattle |
21. Who led the Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century?
a. | tenant farmers | c. | labor union members |
b. | cattle barons | d. | the railroad industry |
22. Initially created to regulate the railroads, the focus of the Texas Railroad Commission later shifted to include
a. | regulating oil and gas production. | c. | regulating light rail. |
b. | regulating both commuter and freight trains. | d. | regulating automobile traffic. |
23. The origins of ranching and the cattle industry extend back to the late ________ century.
a. | seventeenth | c. | nineteenth |
b. | eighteenth | d. | twentieth |
24. Which event occurred at Spindletop, Texas?
a. | Oil was discovered. |
b. | The first free-range ranch in Texas was established. |
c. | The last battle for Texas independence was fought. |
d. | The state’s worst race riots occurred. |
25. The regulation of oil and energy in Texas is performed by
a. | the Texas Railroad Commission. | c. | the governor of Texas. |
b. | the Texas Department of Oil and Gas. | d. | ExxonMobil. |
26. New technologies such as ________ and ________ led to a new boom era of oil and gas production in Texas, beginning in 2008 and continuing through today.
a. | oil; cotton | c. | fracking; vertical drilling |
b. | horizontal drilling; fracking | d. | steel production; fracking |
27. Higher education in Texas has benefited most from what industry?
a. | cattle | c. | oil and gas |
b. | cotton | d. | dairy |
28. Which two Texas metropolitan areas are national centers for the high-tech industry?
a. | Lubbock and Midland | c. | Dallas and Austin-San Marcos |
b. | Houston and El Paso | d. | San Antonio and Waco |
29. The economy of Texas grew rapidly in the 1990s and was
a. | firmly rooted in extracting resources from the land. |
b. | based on agricultural production. |
c. | grounded in a diversified economic base. |
d. | spread evenly throughout the state. |
30. As the number one importer of exports from Texas, which country has the most to lose from tighter restrictions on the border?
a. | Canada | c. | Taiwan |
b. | China | d. | Mexico |
31. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by which U.S. president?
a. | Ronald Reagan | c. | Barack Obama |
b. | Bill Clinton | d. | George H.W. Bush |
32. Many conservative Republicans have expressed which concern about the relatively porous borders that come along with free trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
a. | Many undocumented workers are coming across the border and overwhelming the state’s social services. |
b. | The state does not have the infrastructure to keep up with the increased traffic related to the increased trade. |
c. | Increased international trade causes increased strain on the criminal justice system due to the unique challenges of international law. |
d. | The federal government has too much control over decisions that ultimately only impact the state. |
33. Texas may have been spared some of the worst consequences of the Great Recession due to
a. | its diversified economy. | c. | rapidly rising property values. |
b. | lax rules on home equity loans. | d. | a stagnant oil and gas industry. |
34. Fort Bliss and the city of El Paso worked together to create the world’s largest
a. | inland desalination plant. | c. | active-duty armored post. |
b. | single-site employer. | d. | military deployment center. |
35. Which factor contributed MOST to the increase in the population of Texas?
a. | domestic migration from Alaska and Hawaii |
b. | international immigration from Asia |
c. | a natural increase of births in proportion to deaths |
d. | people moving to Texas from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina |
36. As of 2015, there were approximately ________ Latinos residing in Texas.
a. | 5.1 million | c. | 19 million |
b. | 10.6 million | d. | 35 million |
37. The white primary, which was the practice of excluding African Americans from Democratic Party elections in Texas, was found unconstitutional as a result of which court case?
a. | Griswold v. Connecticut | c. | Sweatt v. Painter |
b. | NAACP v. Carson | d. | Smith v. Allwright |
38. Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas?
a. | Hispanics | c. | African Americans |
b. | German Americans | d. | Asian Americans |
39. When compared to the rest of the nation, the population of Texas
a. | is relatively young. |
b. | is primarily an African American majority. |
c. | has a lower percentage of its population living below the poverty level. |
d. | has experienced a decline in Asian residents. |
40. In 1950, the Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter
a. | guaranteed African Americans admission to Texas’s graduate and professional schools. |
b. | outlawed poll taxes. |
c. | ended segregation of public schools. |
d. | ended black codes. |
41. Which city in Texas currently has the largest population?
a. | San Antonio | c. | Houston |
b. | Dallas | d. | El Paso |
42. Which statement regarding urbanization in Texas is NOT accurate?
a. | 85 percent of Texans now live in urban areas. |
b. | Historically, Texas urbanization depended on the spread of the railroads. |
c. | The origins of cities in Texas are found in Native American civilizations. |
d. | Urban life initially began along the Gulf Coast and gradually expanded west. |
43. Dallas developed in the late nineteenth century as a result of
a. | the intersection of two railroad lines. |
b. | the development of the Port of Dallas. |
c. | the easy access to the Rio Grande River. |
d. | the development of a large international airport. |
44. Historically, the economy of Fort Worth has been associated with which industry?
a. | oil | c. | computer technology |
b. | cattle | d. | shipping |
45. The second largest city in Texas today is
a. | Houston. | c. | San Antonio. |
b. | Dallas. | d. | Austin. |
1. Political culture is static and does not change.
2. All major statewide elected offices have been controlled by Republicans since 2000.
3. Like the one-party Democratic state, Texas provincialism has been fading as a defining feature of the political culture, although it has had a recent resurgence in some parts of the population.
4. Business interests have consistently dominated Texan political culture.
5. Texas’s political life grew out of the Gulf Coastal Plains.
6. Dallas is located in the Basin and Range Province.
7. The Border region is typically a Democratic Party bastion.
8. Cotton is one of the oldest crops grown in Texas.
9. Creative destruction explains how changes in technology have shaped and reshaped the Texas economy.
10. Oil was the primary industry in Texas during the 1800s.
11. The University of Texas and Texas A & M University systems get large sums of money for their endowments from oil and gas royalties.
12. Agriculture accounts for 35 percent of the contemporary Texan workforce.
13. Drilling and fracking led to a new boom era of oil and gas production in Texas that lasted from 1973 through 2006.
14. Since 1990, Texas has become more dependent on oil and gas for jobs than it had been previously.
15. The Great Recession hit Texas particularly hard, with Texas being one of the first states to enter and one of the last to exit.
16. NAFTA has created a free-trade market throughout North and Central America.
17. Previously-existing banking regulations and a diversified economy helped Texas escape some of the worst effects of the Great Recession.
18. People of Asian origin make up about 5 percent of the population of Texas today.
19. On average, Texans are younger than the rest of the citizens of the United States.
20. Houston is the second-largest city in the United States.
1. Discuss the impact of Texas’s political culture on Texas government and politics.
2. Describe the major changes and developments in the Texas economy over time. How has Texas’s economy exemplified the theory of creative destruction? In what ways has NAFTA affected the political economy of the state?
3. What distinctive features have shaped politics in Texas? Discuss how they have shaped Texas politics.
4. What have been some of the major demographic changes in Texas over the years? What have been the different social and political experiences of the three main ethnic groups in Texas?
5. Describe the distinct economy and development of the three major cities of Texas. How has urbanization changed the character of Texas?
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