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