Unit 1 Exam- Part 1 TEXAS GOVT 2306

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Review Test Submission: Unit 1 Exam: Part 1 User Chantal Emmanuel-Williams Course OSL.Texas Government.2023-06-20.2023-08- 11.TD061 Test Unit 1 Exam: Part 1 Started 6/30/23 2:30 PM Submitted 6/30/23 3:23 PM Status Completed Attempt Score 54 out of 55 points Time Elapsed 53 minutes out of 1 hour and 15 minutes Results Displayed Submitted Answers, Feedback, Incorrectly Answered Questions  Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which event occurred at Spindletop, Texas? Selected Answer: a. Oil was discovered.  Question 2 1 out of 1 points As of 2021, which city in Texas has the largest population? Selected Answer: d. Housto n  Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which factor contributed the most to the increase in the population of Texas? Selected Answer: a. a natural increase of births in proportion to deaths  Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which of the following was a consequence of one-party dominance in Texas? Selected Answer: d. General elections tended to be non-competitive during this period.  Question 5 1 out of 1 points Texas is often characterized as a “low tax, low social service” state. This is a result of Selected Answer: d. the “traditionalistic individualistic” political culture in Texas.

 Question 6 1 out of 1 points The Constitution of 1836 showed the direct influence of the U.S. Constitution through the inclusion of which of the following? Selected Answer: b. government divided into three branches with a system of checks and balances  Question 7 1 out of 1 points Texas became an independent republic in ________ and became part of the United States in ________. Selected Answer: a. 1836; 1845  Question 8 1 out of 1 points In federalism, an individual citizen lives under the direct authority of which of the following? Selected Answer: b. the central government and regional government  Question 9 1 out of 1 points Who made up the Grange, and what effect did they have on the writing of the Texas Constitution of 1876? Selected Answer: b. They were an agricultural group who wanted a government that would improve the plight of farmers.  Question 10 1 out of 1 points Under the Texas Constitution, who has the power of impeachment? Selected Answer: c. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach, while the Senate has the power to try and convict.  Question 11 1 out of 1 points Which statement best describes the structure of the Texas legislature? Selected Answer: a. Since independence from Mexico, Texas has had a bicameral legislature.  Question 12 1 out of 1 points ________ dominated the secession convention of 1861. Selected Answer: a. Lawyers and slaveholders

 Question 13 1 out of 1 points The framers of the Constitution of 1876 created a rigid and highly detailed document that provided clear instructions for how government should operate. As a result of this, Selected Answer: b. the Constitution must be amended in order to address policy changes brought about by advances in our society including things like cars, electricity, and the internet.  Question 14 1 out of 1 points Texas has operated under how many constitutions? Selected Answer: c. 7  Question 15 1 out of 1 points The domination of Texas politics by Republicans after the Civil War ended Selected Answer: d. with the election of governor Richard Coke in 1873, who was a Democrat.  Question 16 1 out of 1 points In what year was Texas’s current constitution ratified? Selected Answer: d. 1876  Question 17 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is most likely to create advertising campaigns related to proposed constitutional amendments? Selected Answer: a. interest groups either in favor or against the proposed amendment  Question 18 1 out of 1 points The Texas Bill of Rights includes the right to “a republican government.” This means Selected Answer: d. a system of government in which power is derived from the people.  Question 19 1 out of 1 points The Constitution of 1869 gave the governor expanded powers, including Selected Answer: c. the power to appoint judges.  Question 20 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is listed in the Texas Bill of Rights, but is not in the U.S. Bill of Rights? Selected Answer: a. A list of rights guaranteed to victims of crime, such as the right to restitution and the right to be protected from the accused.  Question 21 1 out of 1 points Why do some constitutional amendment elections tend to have higher levels of turnout than others? Selected Answer: b. When the issue being voted on is of high importance to a particular group of people, they will be highly motivated to turnout to vote in the election.  Question 22 1 out of 1 points What stalled Texas’s admission into the United States? Selected Answer: c. that Texas would be a proslavery state  Question 23 1 out of 1 points The Texas Constitution requires which of the following for amending the state constitution? Selected Answer: c. a two-thirds vote in both houses of the state legislature and a majority vote from the voters of Texas  Question 24 1 out of 1 points The Texas Constitution is Selected Answer: c. a long, complex, and detailed document.  Question 25 1 out of 1 points Which of the following was a consequence of Presidential Reconstruction? Selected Answer: b. Since many of the people writing the Constitution of 1866 were former secessionists, this document still reflected many of the same values of the Constitution of 1861, such as denying freed slaves the right to vote or the ability to hold public office.  Question 26 1 out of 1 points Cooperative federalism is also known as Selected Answer: d. marble-cake federalism.  Question 27 1 out of 1 points Preclearance required that either _________________ or ________________ would have to approve any changes that certain states wanted to make to their voting laws.

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