POLS 207-Lim TAMU Exam 1 Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Public Policy changes in the 1960's led to what? - ✔️✔️Laws which led to an increase in
diversity of United States
Who creates local government? - ✔️✔️state government
White Population has been ___ while Hispanic population has been ____ and African
American Population has _____ - ✔️✔️decreasing; increasing; remained the same
What is happening to Asian Populations? - ✔️✔️increasing
Life expectancy for African Americans is _____ compared to other ethnicities - ✔️✔️lower
Why is life expectancy for AA compared to other ethnicities lower? - ✔️✔️low education,
income, and health care
Hispanics have a high population in the United Stats because of _______ - ✔️✔️Family
Reunification
Asian population was limited by what? - ✔️✔️the Chinese Exclusion Act
Who created the Federal Government - ✔️✔️the states
Why does Texas have a unique political culture? - ✔️✔️We were an independent country
before we became part of the US
What is the correlation between total per capita state revenues and total per capita state
expenditures? - ✔️✔️positive
Which of the following statements is false? - ✔️✔️
When are data visualizations using maps superior to scatterplot data visualizations? -
✔️✔️When there are strong regional patterns
What is the correlation rate between state incarceration rates and violent crime rates? -
✔️✔️positive
_____ is when the national law beats state law - ✔️✔️Supremacy clause
3 actors of our Federal System - ✔️✔️President and congress pass laws; State
legislature and executive create policies (laws we are most affected by); US Supreme
Court decides whether a law is constitutional of unconstitutional
What is the total government spending? - ✔️✔️6.5 trillion
What percentage does the Federal Government spend? - ✔️✔️58%
What percentage do the states spend? - ✔️✔️42%
What percentage of state spending comes from the federal government in the form of
grants? - ✔️✔️9%
Federal Government spending? - ✔️✔️1. income security
2. healthcare
3. national defense
4. general public services
State Government spending? - ✔️✔️1. education
2. health
3. general public service
4. public order and safety
What is #1 in state spending? - ✔️✔️education
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