Internal migratory patterns have helped to shape the country's
a. ethnic and racial makeup.
b. political institutions.
c. traditional political culture.
d. individualistic political culture.
Q. 2Power that the Texas governor lacks is
a. pocket veto.
b. line-item veto.
c. reduction veto.
d. directive authority.
e. Both options A and C are true.
Q. 3In many mountain and western states, women
a. are better represented in public office than in southern states.
b. were not able to keep up with the hard frontier life, and now make up less than half the population.
c. did not receive the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed.
d. pursued political office, but people in these states were not amenable to women's rights early on.
Q. 4The Texas governor's power to issue binding orders to executive agencies is known as
a. budgetary power.
b. veto power.
c. removal power.
d. directive authority.
e. impeachment power.
Q. 5Which of the following is NOT an example of how a state's geography can affect its politics?
a. Florida's sunshine and beaches allow it to rely heavily on the sales tax.
b. The politics of Tennessee is divided according to the eastern mountains, the middle farming belt, and theMississippi River.
c. A century ago, the fertile prairies of Illinois created an economy based heavily on farming.
d. South Carolina's resentment of federal intervention during the Civil War led it to become a magnet for foreignautomobile plants in the 1990s.
Q. 6The power of the Texas governor to fire appointed officials is known as
a. indirect appointive powers.
b. deadwood.
c. reduction veto.
d. directive authority.
e. removal powers.
Q. 7Which of the following is a good example both of the ways government varies among the states and communities and of an institutional reform with significant unintended consequences?
a. Speed limits
b. City limits
c. Credit limits
d. Term limits
Q. 8Which high-ranking Texas government official is not elected?
a. Attorney General
b. Comptroller
c. Secretary of State
d. State Board of Education member
e. Agriculture Commissioner
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