Texas Government exam 1 review

What is the name of a permanent committee in the Texas Senate

Standing

Which board/commission regulates the oil industry in Texas

Texas railroad commission

Which of the following is not a power of the Texas legislature

appoint judges

Which executive level office serves as chief legal counsel to the governor and state agencies

attourney general

Which term describes a legislature with two chambers

bicameral

What is discussed in article 1 of the current texas constitution

bill of rights

a ____ grant is given by the federal government for broad purposes and gives state and local governments a significant amount of discretion in how the money is spent

block

In Texas, appellate courts:

decide whether procedure was followed

Which of the following is a national government power and not a state power

declare war

a voter who wants his representative to make decisions based solely on the will of peoples desires which type of representative

delegate

Which clause of the us constitution requires other states to accept a Texas driver license as valid

full faith and credit clause

The practice of redrawing electoral boundaries for political advantage is known as

gerrymandering

Assume that both the Texas house and Texas Senate have passed transportation bills. The bills are almost identical with slight differences. How will these differences be reconciled before the bill is sent to the governor

in conference committee

what is needed in order to change someone with a felony

indictment

opposition to laws that increase government involvement in private business is an example of which political culture

individualistic

Which power gives the governor the right to reject just a part of a bill instead of the entire bill

line item veto

Promoting the general welfare of all citizens defines which political culture

moralistic

Which type of court does not have appellate jurisdiction in Texas

municipal

Most texans have a hard time finding information about judges, so end up casting their votes based on

name familiarity

Between 1990 and 1950, what was the primary factor that led a majority of Texans to leave rural areas and move to urban areas

oil

What type of jurisdiction do trial courts have

original

How are supreme court judges normally selected in texas

partisan election

Which type of jury could you serve on if summoned for jury duty

petit, grand and trial

Texas is an example of a plural executive system because

power is divided among several elected officials

The radical republican constitution took away which right of whites who had participated in the civil war

right to vote

Which of the following is not an independently elected member of the plural executive

secretary of state

Which official is in charge of overseeing all elections in the state of texas

secretary of state

In the process known as ___, the governor clears his or her appointments with the state senator from the appointees home district

senatorial courtesy

Many Texans oppose same sex marriage and abortion. This is a reflection of ___ in the states ideology

social conservatism

Which is the idea that all individuals possess inalienable rights and willingly submit to government to protect those rights

social contract theory

Who is the leader of the Texas House

speaker

Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution contains the ________ clause establishing the U.S. Constitution as the law of the land that no federal or state law may violate.

supremacy

The merrit system used in some states to identify and select judges is also known as

the Missouri system

What is the highest court for criminal cases in Texas

the court of criminal appeals

What is an incumbent

the current office holder

Texas first petition for statehood was denied because

there was not a free state to balance the admittance of texas as a slave state

A state senator that usually considers all the options and then chooses the one he or she believes is the best is demonstrating the ________ representational role.

trustee

The ___ amendment guarantees citizens in each state due process and equal protection of the law regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender

14th

What years was Texas a part of the confederate states of America

1861-1865

What year was the reconstruction constitution established in Texas

1869

What year was the current Texas Constitution written

1876

How much of legislature must support a proposed amendment to the Texas constituion

2/3

The House and Senate can override a governor's veto with a _________ vote.

2/3

Which is currently the dominant ethnic group in Texas

Anglos

Which of the following is not one of the formal qualifications to be governor of Texas

Born in Texas

Which of the following expressed the idea that each of the three branches of government has some powers over the other two branches

checks and balances

Which executive level officer administers state owned land

commissioner of the general land office

Who is the leader of the Texas senate

Lieutenant Governor

Which of the following was not one of the six countries that once dominated the territory known today as Texas

Portugal

Which office functions as the chief fiscal and revenue forecasting office and is responsible for managing state funds

The comptroller of public accounts