Governing Texas Ch 1 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
African-American must be admitted to the University of Texas Law School in spite of the separate but equal doctrine (because the facilities Texas provided were in fact unequal) was...	Sweatt v. Painter
While Texans typically are not supportive of state spending in general, they have supported strong action by the government in...	enforcing traditional values
A Texan who supports energetic government activity to enforce their view of moral behavior by advocating government restrictions on, for example, pornography and same-sex relationships is a...	social conservative
The "separate but equal" doctrine was established by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in...	Plessy v. Ferguson
The traditionalistic subculture believes politics is the special responsibility of...	the social and economic elite
Spindletop initiated Texas's...	age of the oil industry
The standard term used by the federal government to describe persons whose heritage is from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries is...	Hispanic
The region of Texas that is largely a social and cultural extension of the Old South, basically rural and biracial, is...	East Texas
After the settling of South Texas, a ranchero culture developed in which most of the ranch work was performed by...	Mestizas
The traditionalistic subculture predominates in which region of the U.S.?	The South
The traditionalistic political subculture chiefly values...	maintenance of the predominant social and religious values
In the Republic of Texas, women could do all of the following except...	get a job without her husband's consent
Southern West Texas, below the Caprock Escarpment in the vicinity of the cities of Snyder, Midland and Odessa, is the major ___ area of Texas.	oil-producing
Someone moving to Texas looking for the region most dominated religiously by Baptist Fundamentalism would be most likely to find it in...	West Texas
The economy of the Gulf Coast has long been dominated by...	the petrochemical industry
Status, wealth, and rights were traditionally monopolized in Texas by...	Anglo men
A Texan who believes that government can be used as a tool to benefit the population as a whole by supporting, for example, state policies to abate pollution, enforce worker and consumer rights, and protect against discrimination is a...	Liberal
Geographer Donald W. Meinig and political scientist Daniel J. Elazar describe modern Texas regional political culture as being largely determined by...	migration patterns
By at least 2020, the largest demographic group in Texas is projected to be...	Hispanic
The individualistic subculture predominates in which region of the U.S.?	The Middle Atlantic States

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