Texas Government Questions with CORRECT Answers (Verified Update)
Q1: Under the Republic of Texas, the constitution established a blank legislature, meaning two
bodies, rather than a blank legislature.
Answer: bicameral ; unicameral
Q2: Article 4 of the Texas constitutions creates
Answer: A plural executive, which executive powers are divided between six different offices.
Q3: What was the first federal constitution under which Texas operated.
Answer: Mexican constitution of 1824
Q4: The U.S Constitution and the Texas constitution are similar in that both
Answer: protect essential rights for citizen
Q5: The constitution that replaced the Texas constitution of 1845 called for Texas to
Answer: secede from the Union
Q6: The Constitution of 1836, which established the government of the Republic of Texas,
resembled the U.S Constitution.
Answer: Was a brief and flexible and established a bicameral legislature and three branches of
government
Q7: The constitution of 1876 was a reaction to the reconstruction constitution of 1869 because
the 1869 Constitution
Answer: was seen as giving the governor too much power
Q8: when Reconstruction ended in the 1870s.
Answer: The current Texas Constitution was written in
Q9: The people who wrote the constitution of 1876, wanted to return control of government to
"the people" by which they meant all
Answer: adult white male citizens of Texas
Q10: What is guaranteed under the Texas Constitution
Answer: A public education system
Q1: Under the Republic of Texas, the constitution established a blank legislature, meaning two
bodies, rather than a blank legislature.
Answer: bicameral ; unicameral
Q2: Article 4 of the Texas constitutions creates
Answer: A plural executive, which executive powers are divided between six different offices.
Q3: What was the first federal constitution under which Texas operated.
Answer: Mexican constitution of 1824
Q4: The U.S Constitution and the Texas constitution are similar in that both
Answer: protect essential rights for citizen
Q5: The constitution that replaced the Texas constitution of 1845 called for Texas to
Answer: secede from the Union
Q6: The Constitution of 1836, which established the government of the Republic of Texas,
resembled the U.S Constitution.
Answer: Was a brief and flexible and established a bicameral legislature and three branches of
government
Q7: The constitution of 1876 was a reaction to the reconstruction constitution of 1869 because
the 1869 Constitution
Answer: was seen as giving the governor too much power
Q8: when Reconstruction ended in the 1870s.
Answer: The current Texas Constitution was written in
Q9: The people who wrote the constitution of 1876, wanted to return control of government to
"the people" by which they meant all
Answer: adult white male citizens of Texas
Q10: What is guaranteed under the Texas Constitution
Answer: A public education system
