POSC 2306 Test #1
A majority of Texas voters supported Richard Nixon, a Republican, for president in 1972 and
thus began the movement toward a one-party Republican state at both the local and
statewide levels. - correct answer-True
According to the state demographer, poverty influences educational attainment and in Texas
students who were economically disadvantaged had a graduation rate of 87.3%, and those
not economically disadvantaged, graduated at a rate of 93,1%. - correct answer-True
According to the Texas Education Agency, 2001 was the first school year in which Hispanic
students outnumbered whites and now Hispanic enrollment is more than half of all students.
- correct answer-True
After the war, the United States passed three constitutional amendments that protected
African Americans: the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 14th declared freed slaves to
be citizens, and the 15th gave Black men the right to vote. - correct answer-True
Another constitution replaced the 1866 one in 1869 due to congressional action and military
rule which granted African Americans the right to vote and disenfranchised whites who had
participated in the Civil War but Texas was not readmitted to the Union until 1870. - correct
answer-True
Another facet of Texas political ideology and culture is populism, an ideology that
emphasizes a role for government in economic concerns, while simultaneously supporting
the government's role in upholding socially conservative values like conservative religious
values, but also has an anti-intellectual strain, an anti-union, an anti-immigrant strain and
appears to have merged with social conservatism in Texas and other states: Republicans
tend to embrace this ideology. - correct answer-True
As conservative Texas Democrats were pulled toward the Republican party, they elected the
first Republican Senator in 100 years, John Tower, in 1961 but still voted for Democrats at
the local level. - correct answer-False
Available figures suggest that incomes in Texas are higher than the national mean, and
poverty rates (14.9%) track higher than the national average (11.8) - correct answer-False
Because of its long contiguous border with Mexico, most immigration to Texas is from
Mexico and Mexico has traditionally been the leading country of origin for both legal and
illegal immigration to the United States, however immigration from Asia is on the rise. -
correct answer-True
Census Bureau data suggest that Texas continues to lag behind the national average in
terms of its proportion of adults aged 25 or older who have graduated from high school or
completed a bachelor's degree. - correct answer-True
, During Democratic one-party politics, Democrats were conservative and soon became
disenchanted with the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the Great Society and the civil rights
movement of the 60's, all Democratic programs which expanded the federal government's
role in society. - correct answer-True
From 1836 to 1845 the Republic of Texas struggled to survive because of debt, before it was
admitted into statehood as a non-slave state by the U.S. in 1845. - correct answer-False
From 1848 to 1860 settlement of Texas increased with more immigrants coming from the
northern United States and Europe during which time the Texas economy became tied to the
slave system. - correct answer-False
German and midwestern Anglo settlers brought a strong individualistic political culture as
they came to Texas in search of individual opportunities. - correct answer-True
In 1865, after the Civil War, Reconstruction commenced in Texas as it found itself deeply in
debt and under the military control of the Union army. - correct answer-True
In 1866 Texas adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery, nullified the ordinances of
secession, renounced the right of future secession but refused to accept responsibility for
the state's wartime debt. - correct answer-True
In Texas Evangelical Protestants number 31% of the population, Catholics makeup 23%,
unaffiliated Texans numbering 18%, and mainline Protestants numbering 13%. - correct
answer-True
Mainline and Evangelical Protestants tend to be Democrats with Protestants of the Black
church tradition, those who identify as atheist or agnostic, and those who do not identify with
an organized religion, are overwhelmingly Democratic. - correct answer-True
Many Texans also embrace social conservatism which opposes abortion and same-sex
marriage, religious liberty, creationism and they want prayer in public schools and they are
uncompromising in their beliefs because they are grounded in their religious faith. - correct
answer-True
Mexico objected to the annexation of Texas, broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. and
the Mexican American War ensued from 1846 to 1848 when Mexico attacked provocatively
located US. Troops. - correct answer-True
Of the 50 states, Texas ranks second not only in total land size but also in terms of
population and that population has been growing at an explosive rate. - correct answer-True
On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, but it did not have an
organized army. - correct answer-True
Over the past 500 years, five Western countries have governed Texas. - correct
answer-False
A majority of Texas voters supported Richard Nixon, a Republican, for president in 1972 and
thus began the movement toward a one-party Republican state at both the local and
statewide levels. - correct answer-True
According to the state demographer, poverty influences educational attainment and in Texas
students who were economically disadvantaged had a graduation rate of 87.3%, and those
not economically disadvantaged, graduated at a rate of 93,1%. - correct answer-True
According to the Texas Education Agency, 2001 was the first school year in which Hispanic
students outnumbered whites and now Hispanic enrollment is more than half of all students.
- correct answer-True
After the war, the United States passed three constitutional amendments that protected
African Americans: the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 14th declared freed slaves to
be citizens, and the 15th gave Black men the right to vote. - correct answer-True
Another constitution replaced the 1866 one in 1869 due to congressional action and military
rule which granted African Americans the right to vote and disenfranchised whites who had
participated in the Civil War but Texas was not readmitted to the Union until 1870. - correct
answer-True
Another facet of Texas political ideology and culture is populism, an ideology that
emphasizes a role for government in economic concerns, while simultaneously supporting
the government's role in upholding socially conservative values like conservative religious
values, but also has an anti-intellectual strain, an anti-union, an anti-immigrant strain and
appears to have merged with social conservatism in Texas and other states: Republicans
tend to embrace this ideology. - correct answer-True
As conservative Texas Democrats were pulled toward the Republican party, they elected the
first Republican Senator in 100 years, John Tower, in 1961 but still voted for Democrats at
the local level. - correct answer-False
Available figures suggest that incomes in Texas are higher than the national mean, and
poverty rates (14.9%) track higher than the national average (11.8) - correct answer-False
Because of its long contiguous border with Mexico, most immigration to Texas is from
Mexico and Mexico has traditionally been the leading country of origin for both legal and
illegal immigration to the United States, however immigration from Asia is on the rise. -
correct answer-True
Census Bureau data suggest that Texas continues to lag behind the national average in
terms of its proportion of adults aged 25 or older who have graduated from high school or
completed a bachelor's degree. - correct answer-True
, During Democratic one-party politics, Democrats were conservative and soon became
disenchanted with the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the Great Society and the civil rights
movement of the 60's, all Democratic programs which expanded the federal government's
role in society. - correct answer-True
From 1836 to 1845 the Republic of Texas struggled to survive because of debt, before it was
admitted into statehood as a non-slave state by the U.S. in 1845. - correct answer-False
From 1848 to 1860 settlement of Texas increased with more immigrants coming from the
northern United States and Europe during which time the Texas economy became tied to the
slave system. - correct answer-False
German and midwestern Anglo settlers brought a strong individualistic political culture as
they came to Texas in search of individual opportunities. - correct answer-True
In 1865, after the Civil War, Reconstruction commenced in Texas as it found itself deeply in
debt and under the military control of the Union army. - correct answer-True
In 1866 Texas adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery, nullified the ordinances of
secession, renounced the right of future secession but refused to accept responsibility for
the state's wartime debt. - correct answer-True
In Texas Evangelical Protestants number 31% of the population, Catholics makeup 23%,
unaffiliated Texans numbering 18%, and mainline Protestants numbering 13%. - correct
answer-True
Mainline and Evangelical Protestants tend to be Democrats with Protestants of the Black
church tradition, those who identify as atheist or agnostic, and those who do not identify with
an organized religion, are overwhelmingly Democratic. - correct answer-True
Many Texans also embrace social conservatism which opposes abortion and same-sex
marriage, religious liberty, creationism and they want prayer in public schools and they are
uncompromising in their beliefs because they are grounded in their religious faith. - correct
answer-True
Mexico objected to the annexation of Texas, broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. and
the Mexican American War ensued from 1846 to 1848 when Mexico attacked provocatively
located US. Troops. - correct answer-True
Of the 50 states, Texas ranks second not only in total land size but also in terms of
population and that population has been growing at an explosive rate. - correct answer-True
On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico, but it did not have an
organized army. - correct answer-True
Over the past 500 years, five Western countries have governed Texas. - correct
answer-False
