Texas Government 2306 Exam 1 Review
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are some Texas attitudes towards the government by Texans? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Many are suspicious of government.
What are some problems of the state's growth? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Population
growth and immigration
2. A political and economic shift
3. Citizens ignorant of government don't vote
4. Taxes not raised (partisan issue)
5. Immigrants from Mexico straining social services' assets
6. Environmental problems identified and actions demanded
What are the Demographics? (Include size, education, and minority groups. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Hispanic population in Texas reached about 32 percent in 2000, and that
population continues to increase. The birthrate of Hispanics is higher than that of Anglos, and
Hispanic population is projected to reach about 39 percent by 2010 and 46 percent in 2020. 49%
of Hispanics completed high school, with only 8.9 % completing college.87% of the Anglo
population completes high school, with 30 percent completing college.
The African-American population of Texas is today about the same 12 percent it was in 1960,
and is projected to remain about the same through 2020. Seventy-five percent of all adults 25
years or older completed high school, and 23.8 percent completed college.Only 76 % of the
, African-American population in Texas completed high school, with only 15 % completing
college.
The Anglo population of Texas has declined from its 1950 level of 74 percent to its 2000 share of
53.1 percent
The Asian population of Texas has grown to about 2.9 percent of the state's total, and should
reach 4.2 percent by 2020, largely because of immigration from Asian countries.
What is a Republic? - CORRECT ANSWER - A state in which supreme power is held by
the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president.
Texas myths? (both in the notes and book) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The experience of
the battle of the Alamo provides explanation for Texas's social and political patterns of "going it
alone."
2. The cowboy and the frontier perpetuates Texans' belief in Texas as both a wilderness and a
garden (of Eden).
What are the 3 subcultures? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.The individualistic subculture:
Limited government intervention in the private lives of citizens
The Government's role is to assure stability, so that the private sector can pursue its own interests
2. The moralistic subculture:
Government serving to promote the general welfare
belief that politics is responsibility of all
An understanding that gov't must intervene in private lives and actions for the good of all of the
community
3. The Traditionalistic subculture:
a hierarchical arrangement to political order
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are some Texas attitudes towards the government by Texans? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Many are suspicious of government.
What are some problems of the state's growth? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Population
growth and immigration
2. A political and economic shift
3. Citizens ignorant of government don't vote
4. Taxes not raised (partisan issue)
5. Immigrants from Mexico straining social services' assets
6. Environmental problems identified and actions demanded
What are the Demographics? (Include size, education, and minority groups. - CORRECT
ANSWER - The Hispanic population in Texas reached about 32 percent in 2000, and that
population continues to increase. The birthrate of Hispanics is higher than that of Anglos, and
Hispanic population is projected to reach about 39 percent by 2010 and 46 percent in 2020. 49%
of Hispanics completed high school, with only 8.9 % completing college.87% of the Anglo
population completes high school, with 30 percent completing college.
The African-American population of Texas is today about the same 12 percent it was in 1960,
and is projected to remain about the same through 2020. Seventy-five percent of all adults 25
years or older completed high school, and 23.8 percent completed college.Only 76 % of the
, African-American population in Texas completed high school, with only 15 % completing
college.
The Anglo population of Texas has declined from its 1950 level of 74 percent to its 2000 share of
53.1 percent
The Asian population of Texas has grown to about 2.9 percent of the state's total, and should
reach 4.2 percent by 2020, largely because of immigration from Asian countries.
What is a Republic? - CORRECT ANSWER - A state in which supreme power is held by
the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president.
Texas myths? (both in the notes and book) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The experience of
the battle of the Alamo provides explanation for Texas's social and political patterns of "going it
alone."
2. The cowboy and the frontier perpetuates Texans' belief in Texas as both a wilderness and a
garden (of Eden).
What are the 3 subcultures? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.The individualistic subculture:
Limited government intervention in the private lives of citizens
The Government's role is to assure stability, so that the private sector can pursue its own interests
2. The moralistic subculture:
Government serving to promote the general welfare
belief that politics is responsibility of all
An understanding that gov't must intervene in private lives and actions for the good of all of the
community
3. The Traditionalistic subculture:
a hierarchical arrangement to political order
