Contributing factors to realignment in Texas from a one-party system to a two-party system include __________.
a. Republican support for the Voting Rights Act and other civil rights legislation
b. migration to Texas of individuals from northern industrial states
c. increasing influence in the Democratic Party of wealthy Anglos
d. changes in state law making ballot access easier for third-party candidates
Q. 2A sudden and major shift in party support from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party before a critical presidential election would be considered __________.
a. reapportionment
b. devolution
c. realignment
d. pluralism
Q. 3Since the 1970s the Republican Party in Texas __________.
a. has stopped using primary elections to choose nominees for general elections
b. has been highly successful in legislative elections but has not managed to win seats on the highest state courts
c. has become perceived as too extreme and has consequently witnessed declines in its share of Texans who identify with it and its electoral success
d. has made significant gains at all levels of government, from representation in the U.S. Congress to county governments
Q. 4The actions of the Shivercrats, which helped set a pattern of Texans voting Republican at the national level and retaining their Democratic leanings at the state and local levels, were brought on by __________.
a. anger at the failure of Franklin D. Roosevelt-era programs to bring about any economic recovery in Texas
b. Lyndon Johnson's failure to show preferential treatment toward Texas when he became president
c. support for the Dixiecrat agenda forwarded by Republican presidential nominee Strom Thurmond
d. a Democratic revolt against President Truman when he vetoed legislation favorable to Texas oil interests
Q. 5V. O. Key in Southern Politics concluded that bifactionalism in the Democratic Party left Texas with __________.
a. a one-party system in which Democratic dominance continued through an informal agreement between liberal and conservative Democrats to alternate support for one another's candidates in gubernatorial elections
b. no-party politics in which the influence of pressure groups was high because the lines of power were blurred
c. a system of electoral politics in which independent and third-party candidates could regularly win several seats in the state legislature
d. a party system immediately dominated by the Republicans
Q. 6What impact did the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt have on Texas politics?
a. A strong Republican Party emerged to battle his extreme left policies.
b. Agricultural leaders gained more strength in the Democratic Party owing to increased farm subsidies.
c. A philosophical split took place in the Democratic Party along liberal and conservative lines.
d. The power of the Democratic Party was greatly enhanced as a result of increased unity.
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