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- For most of its history, Texas has had a ______- based economy
- In an election, most Texas voters will choose the candidate perceived as the most
- According to a 2008 survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, the grater number of Texans identify with which two religious groups?
- Who were the first to occupy the territory now known as Texas?
- Which economic region of Texas is considered to be the financial center of the state?
- Throughout its early history, a prime reason that people settles in Texas was
- The __________ subculture describes a political subculture that expects government to maintain the existing political order for the benefit of a small elite
- After Europeans discovered North America, France claimed all the territory encompassing the ___________ River system
- In recent years, the Plains region of Texas has diversified its economy and focused less on __________ pursuits
- A group known by the pejorative term _________ were Republicans who moved to the South to take political office during Reconstruction, while the term ________ was used to describe Southerners who supported Reconstruction Policies
- The political culture of Texas was heavily influenced by the _________ subculture of Anglos, Mexican Americans, and African Americans and the _________ subculture of German settlers and people from the Midwest
- Roughly 85% of Texas's population lives in ________ areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, while just over 15% lives in __________ areas
- A _____________ __________ is a system of beliefs and values that define the role of government and the role of citizens in that government
- When Texas was admitted as a state by the United States, Mexico still claimed Texas as its own, a conflict that resulted in the _______________ war
- Spanish influence spread throughout the state after they settles the Rio Grande Valley and regions as far north and east as _________ _________
- From 1848 to 1860, Texas' economy became increasingly tied to that of
- Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, 1801Which of the following issues of the period was Jefferson most likely concerned with in the excerpt?
- Of the 50 states, Texas ranks _______ both in total land size and in terms of population
- The opinion expressed in the excerpt most directly addressed which of the following concerns of the early republic?
- Which group settles in East Texas during the 1820s along with southern U.S. Anglos?