Term
|
Definition
| an entrepreneur who made money colonizing areas of the mexican territories |
|
|
Term
| Individualistic political culture |
|
Definition
| - the idea that individuals are best left largely free of the intervention of community forces like gov. and that gov. should attempt only those things demanded by the people it is created to serve |
|
|
Term
| Moralistic Political culture |
|
Definition
| rare in Texas, the view that the exercise of community pressure is sometimes necessary to advance the public good; it also holds that gov. can be a positive force and citizens have a duty to participate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| - the shared values and beliefs of citizens about the nature of the political world that give the public a common language as a foundation to discuss and debate ideas. |
|
|
Term
| presidential republicanism |
|
Definition
| the practice in the south of voting for republicans in presidential elections but voting for conservative Democrats in other races, a practice that continued until animosity over Reconstruction faded and the republicans demonstrated their electability in the south |
|
|
Term
| traditionalistic political culture |
|
Definition
| the idea most prevalent in the parts of Texas most like the Old South, that gov. has a limited role concerned with the preservation of the existing social order. |
|
|
Term
| treaty of guadalupe hidalgo |
|
Definition
| - singed on February 2, 1848, this agreement between the United States and Mexico ended the Mexican American war a recognized the Rio Grande as the boundary between Texas now part of the United States and Mexico. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| national funds given to state and local gov. for a broad purpose comes with fewer Restrictions on how the money is to be spent. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| national money given to states and local gov. that must be spent for specific activities. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| powers such as taxing and spending and the ability to establish courts and charter banks that are shared by the national and state governments. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a type of gov. where the lower units of government retain decision making authority. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| - a written doc. That outlines the powers of gov. and the limitations on those powers. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the powers listed in Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that are expressly granted to the national government |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – the constitutional requirement that states deliver someone suspected or convicted of a crime in another state back to that state so they can face trial or sentencing. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – a form of gov. based on the sharing of powers between the national and state governments |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| - use of national financial incentives to encourage policies at the state level |
|
|
Term
| full faith and credit clause |
|
Definition
| the constitutional requirement that court judgments or legal contracts entered into in one state will be honored by other states |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| - refers to the relationship between the states |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a mechanism that allows voters to gather signatures on a petition in order to place statues or constitutional amendments on a ballot |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a system in which almost all of the positions in a state are elected rather than appointed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the belief that U.S. expansion across the North American continent was inevitable |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – a gov. where the power to govern. Is derived from the will of the people |
|
|
Term
| privileges and immunities |
|
Definition
| the constitutional requirement that states may not fundamentally treat citizens of other states differently than their own citizens |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a mechanism that allows voters to cast a popular vote on statues passed by the state legislature; the legislature can place measures on the ballot for voter consideration |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – the specification in the Tenth Amendment that all powers not delegated to the national gov. belong to the states |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – the section in the U.S. Constitution that guarantees that the national gov. is the supreme law of the land, and national laws and the national constitution supersede state laws and state constitutions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| – legislation passed by the national gov. imposing requirements on state and local gov. which bear the costs of meeting those requirements |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a type of gov. where power is vested in a central gov. authority |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a distribution of power between the national and state gov. |
|
|
