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A belief that government is designed to promote the public good describes ______ political culture.

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Moralistic

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Traditionalistic political cultures, according to Daniel Elazar, are typically found in the

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South

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Political culture is a term used to describe

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the broadly shared values and beliefs about government

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Which of the following is the best description of Texas political culture?

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Texas has multiple political cultures within its borders

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Which of the following does not reflect one of the historic characteristics that make up Texas political culture?

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The strong role of labor unions

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By ____, all major statewide elected offices in Texas were controlled by Republicans

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2002

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Which of the following political groups have traditionally had the least influence on Texas politics?

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labor unions

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Provincialism is best defined as

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a narrow view of the world

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Which of the following has traditionally dominated the political culture of Texas?

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Business interests

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Houston is found in the Texas

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Gulf coastal Plains

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Which city is located in the Great Plains region of Texas?

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Lubbock

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Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

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Basin and Range Province

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The term creative destruction refers to the process by which

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the capitalist system undergoes periodic waves of transformation cause by new technologies

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_____ is the system, common in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by which farmers would be lent land and equipment in exchange for part of the profits.

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Sharecropping

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Who led the Grange and Populist movements of the late nineteenth century?

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tenant farmers

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When in Texas history did cattle become big business?

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After the civil war

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Which event occurred at Spindletop, Texas?

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Oil was discovered

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The regulation of oil and energy in Texas is performed by

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the Texas Railroad Commission

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____was the chief economic product of Texas during the early twentieth century

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Oil

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Which two Texas metropolitan areas are national centers for the high-tech industry?

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Dallas and Austin

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Technological change in Texas is best evidenced by the

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development of a high-tech industry after a slump in oil prices

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What year was the NAFTA agreement signed?

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1992

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NAFTA established

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free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

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Which of the following contributed most to the increase in the population of Texas?

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a natural increase of births, in proportion to deaths

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Approximately what percentage of the current population of Texas is Hispanic?

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35 percent

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In 1944, the Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright ended

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White primaries

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Which racial or ethnic group in Texas is concentrated in East Texas?

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African Americans

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What was Stephen F. Austin's role in the development of Texas?

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He worked with the Spanish government to bring American settlers into Texas.

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Which city in Texas currently has the largest populations?

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Houston

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Dallas developed in the late nineteenth century as a result of

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the intersection of two railroad lines

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Historically, the economy of Fort Worth has been associated ith what industry?

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cattle

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The economy of San Antonio rests on the all of the following except

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the high-tech industry

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Congress gained the power to tax income through

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the sixteenth Amendment

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State legislatures lost the power to appoint their U.S. senators under

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the Seventeenth Amendment

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The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the legal basis for

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federal intervention into state responsibilities

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During the Nullification Crisis of 1833, South Carolina tried to assert the right to veto (or nullify)

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national legislation passed by Congress

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Among the advantages that are frequently associated with a federal form of government, which of the following is not normally listed as an advantage?

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Unfunded mandates are imposed upon state governments

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Dual federalism is also known as

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layer-cake federalism

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The relationship between the states and the federal government changed dramatically soon after

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the great depression began

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Under the New Deal, federalism is frequently described as

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cooperative federalism

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For eligible participants, the Social Security Act of 1935 instituted all of the following EXCEPT

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universal health care for all Americans

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Medicaid, a national program providing health care for the poor, was added to the existing Social Security program under

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Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

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The use of block grants, allowing states considerable leeway in how federal money is spent, was championed by President _____ under the name New Federalism

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Nixon

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As federal regulations became more intrusive, forcing states to change their policies in order to meet national goals, some people began calling our system ____ federalism.

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coercive

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When the federal government requires a state to meet federal guidelines without offering financial support to pay for these programs, it is known as

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an unfunded mandate

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During the Wilson administration, Texans held key leadership positions in Congress and had great political influence because

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the seniority system rewarded members who spent many terms in office

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By 1912, Texas's population represented about ____ percent of the population of the entire United States

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4

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After the Civil War and Reconstruction had ended, politics in Texas were dominated for several decades by

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the democratic Party

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Progressives favored the prohibition of alcohol, because they believed that

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alcohol harmed individuals and families

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Though it was controversial at the time, President Wilson was able to pass legislation creating he Federal Reserve System with the help of an influential representative from Texas named

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John Nance Garner

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With the weakening public support for the New Deal, the Reagan era reoriented Texans' support for all of the following except

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support for "Don' ask, don't tell"

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Which prominent Texan served as FDR's vice president until 1940?

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John Nance Garner

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Which future president from Texas supported Roosevelt's court-packing scheme when he ran for office in the U.S. Congress?

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Lyndon Johnson

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A key component of FDR's New Deal was greater emphasis upon public works projects, which included all of the following EXCEPT

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construction of the Panama Canal

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In the Supreme Court case against Ollie McClung, the federal government claimed authority to end state-sanctioned segregation under which part of the U.S. Constitution?

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the interstate commerce clause

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The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage laws in

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West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish

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Who were the "Shivercrats"

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Conservative Democrats who supported Republican Dwight Eisenhower

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Since obtaining statehood, the one area in which Texans have most consistently supported the federal government is in matters of

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national defense

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As Texans became disillusioned in the years following the New Deal, increasingly they began to support economic deregulation, tax cuts, and a strong national defense. Which presidential candidate made these goals part of his national platform?

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Ronald Reagan

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When Phil Gramm, a lifelong Democrat, switched to the Republican Party and easily won reelection, it signaled

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an increasing ideological division between Republicans and Democrats

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In Wickard v. Filburn, the Supreme Court decided that

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not only could Congress regulate interstate commerce, it could regulate anything that affected prices and market condtions

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Congress's authority to withhold highway funding from states that failed to raise the legal drinking age was upheld under

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South Dakota v. Dole

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Until a national database was created, background checks under the Brady Act were suspended following the Supreme Court's ruling in

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Printz v. United States

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According to the text, the Tea party era is marked by all of the follwing EXCEPT

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strong support for Obamacare

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As a result of the Tea Party movement

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politics in Texas is becoming more polarized

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A Tea Party political action committee, Club for Growth Action, targeted Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurt in his 2012 race in the Republican primary with a $1 million television ad campaign in which he was labeled a ____, the new derogatory label for a candidate in Texas.

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moderate

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Today, our federal system is best described as

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marble-cake federalism

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One significant problem facing Texas in the future involves

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obtaining water supplies for urban areas

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One proposal to address illegal immigration in Texas is a guest-worker program in which temporary immigrant workers would be permitted to work in Texas provided that they do all of the following except

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be registered to vote in state and national elections

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The system of distributing powers between states and central government is called

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federalism

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The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution states that

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laws passed by the national government are supreme over all state laws

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What is the most important difference between the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions?

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State constitutions are subordinate to the U.S. Constitution

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Which of the following is the best definition of a confederation?

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A system of government in which states maintain their sovereignty

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Which of the following was not important part of the 1827 Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas, established when Texas was part of Mexico?

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It established a bicameral legislature

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The Mexican War of Independence against ___ grew out of the ____

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Spain; Napoleonic Wars

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Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the Texas legislature?

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Since independence from Mexico, Texas has had a bicameral legislature

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The majority of delegates to the Convention of 1836 that drafted the constitution for a newly independent Republic of Texas were from

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slave-owing southern states

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Texas became an independent republic in ____ and became part of the United States in ______

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1836; 1845

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The main problem that stalled the admission of Texas into the United States was

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That Texas would be a proslavery state

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Which of the following was not part of the annexation agreement between Texas and the United States?

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Texas could maintain its own army and navy for twenty-five years

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The Texas Constitutional Convention of 1861 was dominated by

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lawyers and slaveholders

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Which of the following statements about the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1865 is not true?

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Texas had to return to the federal government parts of Oklahoma seized by Texas Confederate soldiers

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Who were the Radical Republicans?

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those Republicans after the Civil War who controlled Reconstruction policy in the former Confederate states

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The Texas Constitution of 1869 was created

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by members of the Texas Republican Party

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Which of the following statements best describes the post-Civil War governorship of E. J. Davis?

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Davis was a Republican who used the centralized powers of the governorship to maintain control over his regime

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The domination of Texas politics by Republicans after the Civil War ended

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in an armed standoff in the capital between the Republican governor and the Democratic legislature in 1872

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Who made up the Grange, and what effect did they have on the writing of the Texas Constitution?

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They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers

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In what year was Texas's current constitution ratified?

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1876

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Which principle of government is the key to understanding the drafting of the Texas Constitution of 1876?

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the necessity of strong limitations on the authority of state officals

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Which of the following was not a goal for those writing the Texas Constitution?

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giving independence to the judiciary by making all judges appointed, instead of elected

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The Texas Constitution is

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a long, complex, and detailed document

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What is the major difference between the bill of rights in the Texas constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights?

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The Texas Constitution grants to Texans rights that are not found in the U.S. Constitution

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Which of the following is not found in the Texas bill of rights?

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the right to employment

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The separation of government into three branches-legislative, executive, and judicial- is called

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separation of powers

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Which of the following describes a significant difference between the structure of the Texas executive department and the structure of the U.S. executive branch?

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In Texas, the executive department is made up of several elected offices, instead of just one

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Under the Texas Constitution, who has the power of impeachment?

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The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the senate has the power to try and convict

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The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amendment?

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two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas

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What was the main criticism of the current Texas Constitution behind the Ratliff-Junell proposal for a new constitution?

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The constitution was too restrictive and cumbersome for contemporary government

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Which of the following was not part of the Ratliff-Junell proposal for Texas constitutional change?

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The judiciary should be appointed by the governor, with confirmation by the Senate

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Which of the following is not a reason for the low level voter turnout for constitutional amendments?

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Negative advertising in the media has had the effect of alienating possible voters

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