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Government - E4 - P1
Government - E4 - P1 - Chapter 20 - Texas Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legal structure of a political system, establishing government bodies and defining their powers | Constitution |
| Law enacted by a legislative body | Statutory law |
| A legislature consisting of a single chamber | Unicameral |
| Constitutional arrangement whereby authority rests with the national government, subnational governments have only those powers given them by the national government | Unitary system |
| Constitutional arrangement in which power is formally divided between national and subnational governments | Federalism |
| a legislature consisting of two chambers | Bicameral |
| National government created by states that relies on the states for its authority | Confederacy |
| The group of Republicans who took control of the US Congress in 1866 and imposed military governments on the former Confederate state after the Civil War | Radical Reconstructionists |
| organization formed in the late nineteenth century to improve the lot of farmers. The Grange influenced provisions in the Texas Constitution of 1876 limiting taxes and government spending and restricting big business, including banks and railroads | Grange |
| Constitutional principle of self-government; belief that the people control their government and governments are subject to limitations and constraints | Popular Sovereignty |
| Political theory that holds the legitimacy of the state is based on the obligations and responsibilities that individuals and the state have towards each other | Social Contract Theory |
| Constitutional principle restricting governmental authority and spelling out personal rights | Limited Government |
| Division of powers among three distinct branches of government – the legislative, the executive, and the judicial – which serve as checks and balances on each other’s actions | Separation of powers |
| Procedure used in other states by which voters propose constitutional amendments or other laws through petitions subject to adoption by a popular vote | Initiative |
| Generally initiated by petition, an election in which the general electoral votes on a public policy issue, such as a constitutional amendment or statute | Referendum |
| Law prohibiting the requirement of union membership in order to hold or get a job | Right-to-work-law |
| Texas has had ___ constitutions | 7 |
| Year of first Texas constitution (as a state of Mexico)? | 1827 |
| Year of final Texas constitution (after reconstruction)? | 1876 |
| The Texas Constitution is a ______ (#) word document. | 90,000 |
| Elements of the Mexican legal system still found in Texas include... | property rights, water right, community property |
| Under the 1876 constitution, lawmaking authority was vested in an elected bicameral legislature composed of ___ members | 181 |
| According to the text, the voters of Texas had approved ____ constitutional amendments by the end of 2009. | 467 |
| A liberal constitution allows _______ to provide the details of government through statutes. | legislature |
| A statutory constitution seeks to control the powers of ___. | government |
| In 1971, what representative spearheaded the Texas Constitutional reform movement of 1971-1975? | Nelson Wolff |
| The delegates of the 1974 Constitutional Convention were ________. | 181 members of the legislation |
| In 1973, what group of 37 members was formed to hold public hearings and make recommendations to the Constitutional Convention? | Constitutional Revision Commission |
| What was the most controversial issue of the 1974 Constitutional Convention? | Right-to-Work |
| For all practical purposes, a bill in the Texas Senate must have _____ % support in order to pass. | two-thirds, 67%, 21 votes |
| The Constitutional Revision Commission of 1973 was a group established to ___. | hold public hearings and make recommendations to the Constitutional Convention |
| According to the terms of Texas’ admission into the Union, Texas could divide itself into as many as ___ states. | 5 |
| Which political sub-culture influenced the states in western United States? | Individualistic |
| From which Texas Constitution did we receive property and land laws; water laws and water rights as legal heritages? | 1827 Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas |
| Which Texas constitution is characterized by replacing state centralized power with local control and placing serious restrictions on the legislative, judicial and executive branches? | 1876 Texas Constitution |
| Which constitution is referred to as the “carpetbagger” constitution? | 1869 Reconstruction Constitution |
| Which Texas constitution first established a permanent fund for the support of public schools? | Constitution of 1845 |
| Which political sub-cultures promoted a rule by the elite, control of the social and economic order of society and favored “Jim Crow” laws? | Traditionalistic |
| Which term is defined as “a procedure by which voters propose constitutional amendments or other laws through petitions subject to adoption by a popular vote”? | initiative |
| Which political sub-culture dominated the structure of the 1876 Texas Constitution? | Individualistic |
| Currently, Hispanic population in Texas is approximately ____ of the total population of Texas. | 38% |
| On December 28, 1845, Texas became the ____ state of the Union. | 28th |
| The only Texas governor to be impeached and removed from office was _____. | James E Ferguson "Pa" |
| A constitutional principle of self-government centering on the belief that the people control their government and governments are subject to limitations and constraints is ___. | Popular Sovereignty |
| What are the legacies/heritages of the Constitution of 1845? | homesteads, property rights for married women, public school fund |
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