POLS 207-Lim TAMU Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POLS 207-Lim TAMU
POLS 207-Lim TAMU Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Public Policy changes in the 1960's led to what? - CORRECT ANSWER- Laws which
led to an increase in diversity of United States
Who creates local government? - CORRECT ANSWER- state government
White Population has been __...
POLS 207-Lim TAMU Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Public Policy changes in the 1960's led to what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Laws which
led to an increase in diversity of United States
Who creates local government? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- state government
White Population has been ___ while Hispanic population has been ____ and African
American Population has _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- decreasing; increasing;
remained the same
What is happening to Asian Populations? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- increasing
Life expectancy for African Americans is _____ compared to other ethnicities - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- lower
Why is life expectancy for AA compared to other ethnicities lower? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- low education, income, and health care
Hispanics have a high population in the United Stats because of _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Family Reunification
Asian population was limited by what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the Chinese Exclusion
Act
Who created the Federal Government - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the states
Why does Texas have a unique political culture? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- positive
Which of the following statements is false? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
When are data visualizations using maps superior to scatterplot data visualizations? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When there are strong regional patterns
What is the correlation rate between state incarceration rates and violent crime rates? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- positive
_____ is when the national law beats state law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Supremacy
clause
3 actors of our Federal System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 6.5 trillion
What percentage does the Federal Government spend? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 58%
What percentage do the states spend? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 42%
What percentage of state spending comes from the federal government in the form of grants?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 9%
Federal Government spending? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. income security
2. healthcare
3. national defense
4. general public services
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