Exam 2: Texas and the Nation

In Printz v. United States (1997), the Supreme Court effectively overturned ______, ruling that the federal government cannot issue directives requiring the states to administer or enforce federal regulations.

Though it was controversial at the time, President Wilson was able to pass legislation creating the Federal Reserve System with the help of an influential representative from Texas named

According to the text, the Tea Party era is marked by all of the following EXCEPT

By 1912, Texas's population represented about ______ percent of the population of the entire United States.

Congress gained the power to tax income through

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage laws in

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the legal basis for

Progressives favored the prohibition of alcohol, because they believed that

Because of single-party dominance, Texas's members of Congress easily built up seniority and were quite powerful during the Wilson era.

Replacing the Articles of Confederation in 1787, the new U.S. Constitution allowed both the federal government and state governments to retain significant measures of sovereignty.

The League of Nations was created during FDR's presidency as part of the New Deal.

The question of slavery was an important subject of congressional debate prior to Texas's annexation.

One advantage that a federal system has over a highly centralized government is that it allows states to experiment with ways to improve public policy.

Edward House, a prominent Texan and important ally for President Woodrow Wilson, helped pass many progressive policies known as the New Freedom.

Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce was expanded to the point that it appeared virtually limitless under

One significant problem facing Texas in the future involves

Since obtaining statehood, the one area in which Texans have most consistently supported the federal government is in matters of

After the Civil War and Reconstruction had ended, politics in Texas were dominated for several decades by

The Tea Party era in Texas is "a time in which the national government is seen as the enemy." Explain why Texans' attitudes changed from one of support for the progressive policies of Woodrow Wilson to the high levels of skepticism that are evident today.

State legislatures lost the power to appoint their U.S. senators under