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| the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community |
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| the fundamental policy on which laws rest, esp. policy not yet enunciated in specific rules. |
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| a person concerned with regulating the morals of others, as by imposing censorship. |
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| This culture looks to government to maintain a stable society but with min. intervention in the lives of the people. |
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| A product of the old south, means of preserving the status quo and its leadership. |
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| The inability to influence the nomination and election of candidates and the decision making of governing bodies. In Texas, this has been a major problem for minorities and low-income groups. |
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| Coping with danger, physical hardships, and economic challenges tested the endurance of nineteenth-century Texans and contributed to the development of individualism |
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| "Jim Crow" laws were ethnically discriminatory laws that segregated African Americans and denied them access to public services for many decades after the Civil War. |
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| A type of boss rule that has dominated areas of south texas |
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| Top of nonpanhandle. Central |
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| Most of the panhadle and i little west of it. |
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| Located near beaumont. This oil field sparked a boom in 1901 that made Texas a leading petroleum producer. |
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| Railroad Commision of Texas |
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| A popularly elected, three-member commission primarily engaged in regulating natural gas and petroleum production. |
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| Within Texas, changes in population density have featured demographic movements from rural to urban areas and from large cities to suburbs and back. |
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| to make or cause to become urban, as a locality. |
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| to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area. |
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| Micropolitan statitical area |
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| An area that has at least one urban cluster with a population of at least 10000 but less then 50000 |
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| Metropolitan statistical area |
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| A freestanding urban area with a minimum total pop. of 50000 |
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| Combined statistical area |
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| A geographic entity consisting of two or more adjacent corebased statistical areas |
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| County or group of counties within a core based statistical area that contains a cre with a population of at least 2.5 million. |
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| Ethnic classification of mexican americans and others of latin american origin. |
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| Technology that applies to research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of computers and other electronic products. |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) |
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| An agreement among the US, Mexico, and Canada designed to expand trade among the three countries by reducing and then eliminating tariffs over a 15-year period. |
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| An assembly plant that ises cheap labor and ios located on the mecican side of the US-Mexican border. |
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| Texas Water Development Board |
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| A board that conduct statewide water planning as mandated by state law. |
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| The powers not delegated by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people. These reserved powers include police powers, taxing power, proprietary power, and power of eminent domain. |
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| national supremacy clause |
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| Article VI of US constitution state: This constitution and the laws of the US which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the US, Shall be the supreme law of the land. |
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| Specific powers entrusted to the national gov. by article 1, sec. 8 of the US con. |
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| Full Faith and credit clause |
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| most gov. actions of another state must be officially recognized by public offcials in Texas. |
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| The tenth amendment declare "the powers not delegated by the con., nor prohibited by it to the states, respectively or to the people. |
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| Money appropriated by the US congress to help state provide needed facilities and services. |
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| exists when the fed. govt. financial and administrative responsibilities shift to state and local governments, especially in the area of social services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| exists when the fed. govt. financial and administrative responsibilities shift to state and local governments, especially in the area of social services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| exists when the fed. govt. financial and administrative responsibilities shift to state and local governments, especially in the area of social services. |
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| Congessional grants of money that allow the state considerable flexibilty in spending for a program, such as providing welfare services. |
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| Constitutional history of texas |
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| began with promulgation of the constitution of Coahuila y tejas within the mexican federal system in 1827 and the con. of the texas republic in 1836. Texas has since governed under state con. of 1845, 1861, 1866, 1869, 1876 |
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| known as the patrons of husbandry, this farmers organization was well represented in the con. convention that produced the con. of 1876 |
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| Texas's lengthy much amnded constitution, a product of the post-reconstruction era. |
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| whereby individuals or groups may gather signatures required for submitting a proposed con. amendment or a pop. vote |
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| the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. |
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| extensive or complete rewriting of a constitution. |
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| Constitutional revision convention |
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| a body of delegates who meet to make extensive changes in a constitution or to draft a new constitution |
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| Texas equal legal rights amendment |
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| article 1 section 3 "equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of sex race color or national orgins |
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| the assignment of lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law interpreting functions to seperate branches of government. |
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