Texas and California I

Presentations: Monday: Zoe, Zoey, and Reese

For Wednesday, Miller through ch. 5.  Will leave time open for discussion.  Topics?

Federalism:

• There are 90,837 governments (federal, state, local) in the US
• Plus 574 tribal governments
• List
• Morongo -- government
• Gaming: California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians,  and IGRA 1988
• The surprising champion of Native Americans

Statehood politics is hardball politics.

Texas, California -- Fearful symmetry:

•  JFK, November 22, 1963 (and the missal)
• RFK, June 5, 1968

Mexican-American War and Civil War

Divergent paths:

• Union Square in San Francisco did not take its name from labor unions.
•  Texas Confederate monuments (their real purpose)

2020 Census:  California and Texas

Religion:  California and Texas

Crime

• Violent crime rates and firearm mortality rates
• Property crime rates

Texas is urban: Compare cities

Comparing state economies