Inquisitive Ch. 2 The Texas Constitution Questions and Answers Graded A+
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State Of Texas Security Level 2
Inquisitive Ch. 2 The Texas Constitution Questions and Answers Graded A+
What important functions are performed by state constitutions?
Correct:
Specify the limits and uses of power by state institutions and individuals.
Divide authority within the political institutions of the state.
Clarify ...
Inquisitive Ch. 2 The Texas Constitution
Questions and Answers Graded A+
What important functions are performed by state constitutions? - answer Correct:
Specify the limits and uses of power by state institutions and individuals.
Divide authority within the political institutions of the state.
Clarify the source of a state's political power.
Incorrect:
Empower the Republican and Democratic parties within the state.
Establish limits on the influence of the federal government over states.
Which of the following is the correct definition of the term unicameral? - answerA
legislature that only has one body.
Before voters participate in a constitutional amendment election, what step must
happen first? - answerThe legislature votes to put the amendment on the ballot.
The U.S. Constitution specifies how powers are allocated within state-level institutions. -
answerFalse.
Relative to the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Constitution is _____ and adopts a tone of
_____ governance. - answerLonger.
Limited.
Which of the following concepts in the Texas Constitution of 1836 were adapted from
Spanish-Mexican law? - answerCorrect:
Government retention of mineral rights.
Homestead protections.
Community property.
Incorrect:
Criminal prosecution.
Protection of slavery.
Select the states whose constitutions are over 80,000 words in length and have more
than 300 amendments. - answerTexas (92,025 words, 507 amendments)
Alabama (402,852 words, 946 amendments)
Rank the sovereignty of the different levels of government from most to least powerful. -
answerNational > state > local.
, Study the following data on election turnout in Texas and determine which of the
following statements are accurate.
Turnout of registered voters in Texas constitutional amendment elections compared
with presidential elections. - answerCorrect:
Turnout for presidential elections is far higher than turnout for constitutional amendment
elections.
Turnout for constitutional amendment elections is consistently low.
Incorrect:
Presidential and constitutional amendment elections are held at the same time.
Well-advertised constitutional amendments can boost turnout to well over 30 percent.
Match the each characteristic or provision to the constitution it belongs to: the Texas
Constitution of 1845, the Texas Constitution of 1861, or the Texas Constitution of 1869.
- answerConstitution of 1845
Detailed the original agreement for Texas's statehood.
Provided for possible emancipation of enslaved people.
Constitution of 1861
Made it illegal to free enslaved people.
Declared allegiance to the Confederacy.
Constitution of 1869
Created a much more powerful governor.
Was heavily influenced by Radical Republicans.
The authors of the Texas Constitution were influenced by the U.S. governing
documents and the writers of The Federalist Papers, such as James Madison. Select
the passages of Madison's text from Federalist 51 that reflect how government is
structured to protect people from government becoming too powerful. -
answerUsurpations are guarded against by a division of the government into distinct
and separate departments.
Divided between two distinct governments.
Subdivided among distinct and separate departments.
Local governments in Texas, such as cities and counties, derive their authority from
which sources? - answerCorrect:
The Texas constitution.
The citizens of Texas.
Incorrect:
The U.S. Constitution.
American citizens.
The county commissioners' court.
The residents of the city.
What is the meaning of the term impeachment? - answerA charge of wrongdoing.
The government of Texas is separated into many parts. In addition to having three
branches of government, one branch—the executive—is divided into a plural executive
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