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

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Moralistic

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According to Daniel Elazar, Traditionalistic political cultures are found where?

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TX, AZ, FL, MS, AL

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Political culture is a term used to describe

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broad definitions for each category help understand state-level differences (moralistic, tradition, and individualistic)

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Texas political culture?

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A blend of traditional and moralistic

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Define the historic characteristics that make up Texas political culture?

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Cattle, Crude, Cotton

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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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Provincialism is best defined as

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a narrow view of the world (The point about provincialism reflects business and government orientations)

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

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Labor Unions

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Which political groups have traditionally dominated the political culture of Texas?

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Business Interest

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Houston is found in the ________

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Gulf Coast Region

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Know the Great Plains region of Texas?

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A little of the panhandle and below it a little as well

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Big Bend is found in what region of Texas?

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Basin and Range Provinces

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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 civil war

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Event that 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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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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NAFTA?

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North American Free trade Agreement b/w Mexico, Canada, and America

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

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37%

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

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with the Court overruling its decision in Grovery, Townshend (1935) and found the restrictions against African Americans unconstitutional. (voting rights against 15th Amendment)

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

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African American

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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 population?

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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 railroads

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

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Cattle ?

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The economy of San Antonio rests on?

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Cattle ?

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In his book, Governor Perry alleged that federal power grew at the expense of state sovereignty through?

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The ratification of the 17th Amendment, the 16th Amendment, federal programs designed to redistribute wealth, the New Deal (NOT the Tea Party movement)

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Congress gained the power to tax income through

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16th Amendment

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

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17th Amendment

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Both federal and state governments obtain sovereignty directly from

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the consent of the people

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

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for the idea of Federalism, which entails distributing authority and powers between states or provinces and the national government.

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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 government

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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 Civil War 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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Health Insurance Benefits

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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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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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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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Richard Nixon

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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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Coercive Federalism

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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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Republicans

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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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of the result of the Congressional Seniority System which allowed advancement to leadership positions of congressional committees based on length of congressional services.

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

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John Garner

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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 Security

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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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Lyndon B. Johnson

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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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the breakup of the Southern Democrat Party and an increasing ideological division between the Republicans and Democrats.

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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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A Tea Party political action committee, Club for Growth Action, targeted Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst 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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According to a prominent blog for Tea Party supporters, their message to politicians is this:

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"People are watching your votes carefully, and if you vote for big government while trying to convince us that you are for limited government, the people will not buy it. Cornyn tried to criticize Washington, but the people in Austin were well aware that Cornyn had become part of the problem."

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In general, the Tea Party's position on Obamacare is that it

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Should have been struck down as an unconstitutional, overly broad exercise of the commerce power. Tea party has become the dominant wing of the Republican Party in Texas. The policy position advocates cut welfare and government social programs

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Today, our federal system is best described as

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A system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments. "Marble-cake federalism" appears to disturb Governor Perry and other advocates of states' rights is that the national government has expanded too much, intruded too much on the lives of individuals, and interfered too significantly with stat government operations.

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

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Cooperative Federalism

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Which is not a function of state constitutions?

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To set proper tax rates for the state/counties

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

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Article VI of the U.S Consistution, which states that the constitution and laws passed by the national government and all treaties are the supreme law of the land and superior to all laws adopted by any state or any subdivision

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

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States are subordinate to the federal government.

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Philosophically, the Texas Constitution reflects a

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it is based on a general district of politicians and political power.

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Which of the following is not a similarity between the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Constitution?

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Length of their terms of office

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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 an 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 and 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 been bicameral.

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

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Texas

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Texas were from

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10 prior to 1830 or 12 delegates after 1836

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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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Under the 1836 Republic of Texas Constitution:

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Congress was bicameral

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

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Texas would become a slave 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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a bloc of Republicans in the U.S. Congress who pushed through the adoption of black suffrage as well as an extended period of military occupation of the South following the Civil War

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The Texas Constitution of 1869 was created by whom?

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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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Plural Executive

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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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Texas' is longer and more detailed

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What is found in the Texas bill of rights?

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no religious tests for officeholders freedom of religious worship, the right to trial by jury, and guarantees of equal treatment under law

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

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The Three Branches of Government

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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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the vote of two-thirds of each house of the legislature and majority approval by the voters

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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 is too restrictive and cumbersome for contemporary government.

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Reasons for the low level of voter turnout for constitutional amendments?

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Voters generally have little information about these amendments, many amendments are not controversial, elections for amendments are held in off years, when no candidates are on the ballot, and most amendments are relatively insignificant for most voters.

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The Constitution of 1866 did not exclude former secessionists from voting.

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False, few former secessionists were excluded from voting, with the result that there were strong Unionist and secessionist factions at the convention.

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The Texas Constitution of 1869 was written by members of the Republican Party, including ten African Americans.

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True, Only 6 had served in the previous constitutional convention. Ten were black. The vast majority represented the interests of various wings in the Republican Party.

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Urban business interests had the greatest role in writing the Texas Constitution of 1876.

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False, a constitution designed primarily by white males for whites in a rural agrarian society. Forty of the delegates were farmers, and 40 were members of the Grange, a militant farming organization that had emerged to improve the plight of farmers.

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The Texas Constitution of 1876 was designed to limit the power of government, especially of the governor's office.

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True, wanted popular control of state government, meant that the governor's cast appointment powers were limited by making judges and other public officials subject to election.

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Texas has a bill of rights containing more liberties than those found in the U.S. Bill of Rights.

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True, U.S. constitution is limited to 7 short articles and 27 amendments, and takes up only 8 pages of the World Almanac. The 2012 Texas Constitution contained 16 articles and had been amended 474 times.

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The Texas Constitution created a plural executive, consisting of multiple elected officers.

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True

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The Texas Constitution creates two top appellate courts, one for civil cases and one for criminal cases.

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True, besides creating one Supreme Court to hear civil cases and one court of criminal appeals to hear criminal cases...

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The Texas Constitution makes no requirements for the establishment and upkeep of a public school system.

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False, makes it a duty of the state legislature to support and maintain "an efficient system of public free schools."

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Under the Texas Constitution, it is unconstitutional to impeach elected officeholders.

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The Texas Constitution rules that all officers against whom articles of impeachment are proffered are suspended from their office...

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There have been no serious attempts in recent years to change the Texas Constitution.

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False, demands for amending the Constitution have intensified in recent years, as legislators have dealt with the problem of making changes in public policy while being constrained by an unwieldy constitutional document.

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The current Texas Constitution has been amended more than four hundred times.

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True, 2012 Texas Constitution had been amended 474 times.

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