Multiple Choice Questions

The Mexican War of Independence against ________ grew out of the ________.
  • Edmund J. Davis.
  • They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers.
  • T
  • Spain; Napoleonic Wars
Who made up the Grange, and what effect did they have on the writing of the Texas Constitution?
  • T
  • Edmund J. Davis.
  • The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the Senate has the power to try and convict.
  • They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers.
Which of the following is a function of a state constitution?
  • to forbid certain government actions by establishing civil liberties
  • a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas
  • The amount of power the national government has exercised has grown over the last 200 years as a result of the "necessary and proper clause."
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
Texas has a bill of rights containing more liberties than those found in the U.S. Bill of Rights.
  • the idea of community property
  • T
  • F
  • federalism.
Which article of the Texas Constitution discusses free public education?
  • 7
  • T
  • F
  • 17
The system of distributing powers between states and a central government is called
  • T
  • F
  • with the election of governor Richard Coke in 1873.
  • federalism.
The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amendment?
  • prevent the expansion of governmental authority that was perceived as acting against the interest of the people.
  • a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas
  • a long, complex, and detailed document.
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
The Texas Constitution created a plural executive, consisting of multiple elected executive officers.
  • The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the Senate has the power to try and convict.
  • Edmund J. Davis.
  • They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers.
  • T
The Constitution of Reconstruction created
  • the idea of community property
  • with the election of governor Richard Coke in 1873.
  • a strong governor's office.
  • federalism.
Texas has operated under how many constitutions?
  • T
  • F
  • 17
  • 7
The Texas Constitution of 1876 was written to
  • a long, complex, and detailed document.
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
  • prevent the expansion of governmental authority that was perceived as acting against the interest of the people.
  • a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas
Which provision of the 1836 Constitution was the most important adaptation of Spanish-American Law for the Texas Republic?
  • with the election of governor Richard Coke in 1873.
  • a strong governor's office.
  • the idea of community property
  • federalism.
The Texas Constitution makes no requirements for the establishment and upkeep of a public school system.
  • a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas
  • F
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
  • T
In addition to the preamble and appendix, how many articles are contained in the Texas Constitution?
  • T
  • 17
  • F
  • 7
The U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. White et al. (1869) ruled that Texas did secede from the union.
  • federalism.
  • F
  • T
  • with the election of governor Richard Coke in 1873.
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution contains the
  • supremacy clause.
  • prevent the expansion of governmental authority that was perceived as acting against the interest of the people.
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
  • Lawyers and slaveholders
Under the Texas Constitution, who has the power of impeachment?
  • T
  • The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the Senate has the power to try and convict.
  • They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers.
  • Edmund J. Davis.
________ dominated the secession convention of 1861.
  • Lawyers and slaveholders
  • to forbid certain government actions by establishing civil liberties
  • failed to agree on a proposed constitution.
  • supremacy clause.
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