In the United States system of federalism, an individual citizen lives under the direct authority of which of the following?  

  Which part of the U.S. Constitution requires that states provide all individuals equal protection of the laws?  

  The understanding that the national government and state governments are both sovereign within their sphere of influence is called  

  Dual sovereignty allows both the federal and state governments to do which of the following?  

  Preclearance required that either _________________ or ________________ would have to approve any changes that certain states wanted to make to their voting laws.  

  According to the supremacy clause, found in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution,  

  The idea of “separate but equal” allowed states to do what?  

  The Texas Bill of Rights is different from the U.S. Bill of Rights because  

  Traditionally, business leaders have played a prominent role in the political culture in Texas. When thinking about the business leaders and business concerns that influence Texas politics, we are referring to  

  The large growth in Austin’s population in the second half of the twentieth century was driven by