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Texas Political Culture, Texas Constitution, Federalism

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Political Culture   broadly shared values, beliefs, and attitudes about how govt should function  
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Moralistic   belief that the govt should be active in promoting the public good and citizens should participate in politics  
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Individualistic   belief that govt should limit its role to providing order in society, so that citizens pursue their economic interest  
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Traditionalist   belief that govt should be dominated by political elites and guided by tradition  
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What political culture do these fall under? El Paso San Antonio Dallas Houston   EP- T SA- M D -T H- I  
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Provincialism   narrow, limited, and self-interested view of the world often associated with the rural values and notions of limited govt  
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NAFTA ( North American Free Trade )   treaty among the U.S, Canada, and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries  
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Impresario   individual who promotes, organizes, or helps to finance a particular endeavor  
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Poll Tax   state-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting, was rendered unconstitutional by the 24th  
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Urbanization   process by which people move from rural areas to cities  
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Elite   small group of people that dominates the political process  
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Texas policy makers have increasingly viewed the Federal govt as encroaching   unitary confederal federal  
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Confederal   system in which regional govts have all authority with central institutions subordinate to the state or regional govts  
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Federalism   govt which governmental power is divided and shared between a Natl and central govt and state or regional govts.  
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James Madison    
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Types of powers in Federal System   Delegated Expressed Implied  
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Delegated Powers   those that the constitution gives to the Natl govt ( Article 1, Sec 8 )  
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Expressed Powers   directly stated in the constitution  
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Implied Powers   delegated power that are necessary and proper for the govt to perform  
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Inherent Powers   powers over and beyond those spelled out in the constitution, or which can be reasonably implied from express grants  
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Reserved Powers   second group of powers in the federal system,  
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Concurrent Powers   powers shared by both the Natl govt and the states  
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Examples of Delegated powers   declare war, raise armies, coin money, enter to treaties  
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Petit Jury   jury of your peers  
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Reserved Power Examples   conduct elections, provide for the public health and safety, ratify constitutional amendments, state police powers  
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Concurrent Power Examples   Borrow Money, levy taxes, make and enforce laws, est. courts, charter banks  
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Conflict   the event that conflict should arise between federal and state law, the supremacy clause states that federal law must be followed  
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McCulloch vs. Maryland   Federal govt wanted to place a Natl bank in MD, but MD said they cant just come in and put it in, but they can, MD was worried that the Natl bank would take away business away state local banks. MD threatened to tax Fed govt if they put the bank there  
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Dual Federalism   1789-1933 ( also called Layer Cake )  
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Four Features of Dual Federalism   -Natl govt possesses enumerated powers only -The purpose that the Natl govt may constitutionally promote are few -The relation of the two levels of each other is one of tension -  
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10th Amendment   Was the bulwark for dual federalism, many people believed the 10th limited powers of Natl govt , protects states, triple t member of house of reps, proposed adding the word "EXPRSESSLY"  
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Cooperative Federalism   1933-1964, period of great depression,replaced Dual federalism, the natl govt has used its powers to encourage the states to pursue certain people-policy goals  
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Creative Federalism   1964-1980, deal directly with sub-levels of govt( local govts ), wants to bypass the state  
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Categorical Grant   180 of a block grant, the earliest form of grant-in-aid  
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Block Grants   specifically general purpose such as job tanning or community development but allows the state or local govt to determine precisely how the money should be spent  
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New Federalism   1980-Present( also called Competitive Federalism ), the more states compete with one another the more money states will receive ( Race to the top ), can also be referred to pine apple upside down cake  
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Deadwood   events may outstrip detailed Constitutional Provision, leaving Deadwood that the voters must constantly approve amendments to remove  
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Constitution of the Republic of Texas   1836, Sam Houston was president in 1843,Senator 1845, and Guvnor 1859  
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Constitution of 1845   twice as long as Rep. of TX constitution, never wanted to go into deep debt, est. a Permanent School Fund  
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Constitution of 1861   almost identical to 1845, increased debt ceiling and prohibited the emancipation of slaves  
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Constitution of 1866   nullified sessions, abolished slavery, renounced confederate war debts  
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Constitution of 1869   voters elected 81 whites and 9 blacks to the constitutional convention in 1868, centralized state power, lengthened the chief executives term to 4 years, centralized the public school sysytem  
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Constitutional Convention of 1875   Texans wanted to strip power from state, cut salaries of officials, placed strict limits on property taxes and restricted state borrowing, stripped most of governors powers, reduced term of office from 4 to 2 years, length of sessions were limited  
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Texas Constitution today   contains half of the bill of rights, reflects the American constitution, can always seek a remedy in Federal courts  
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The Plural Executive   Divides executive powers among a number of independently elected offices, governor appoints the Secretary of state  
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Hierarchical   arranged in order of rank  
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