Texas Government Questions with CORRECT Answers (Verified Update)
Q1: Granting of privileges and immunities
Answer: The constitutional requirement that states may not fundamentally treat citizens of other
states differently than their own.
Q2: Presiding office of the Senate
Answer: Assigns bills to one of the standing and interim committees - Determines who is on the
committee - Appoints committee chairs - Assumes the duties of the governor when the
governor is out of state, dies in office, resigns from office or is impeached. - Texas citizens
elect them.
Q3: Bill Clement
Answer: First republic governor
Q4: Block grants
Answer: Money given to state and local governments for broad purposes, comes with fewer
restrictions on how the money is spent.
Q5: Categorical grants
Answer: Money given to states and local governments that must be spent on specific activities.
Q6: Citizen legislature
Answer: A legislature that attempts to keep the role of a state legislature to a part-time function so
that many or most citizens can perform it. - Part-time salary and job requirements - The
desire is to prevent professionalism of politics. - Legislative service is sacrifice. - Legislators
maintain full-time professions outside the legislature. - Turnover is high
Q7: Concurrent powers
Answer: Powers shared by state and national governments. Ex: Taxation, infrastructure construction
and maintenance, the creation of lower courts, regulating criminal behaviors, and regulating
business activities.
Q8: Concurrent resolution
Answer: A legislative act that expresses opinions of the legislature; must pass through both
chambers.
, Q9: Confederal system
Answer: A type of government in which the lower units of government retain decision- making
authority. Powers held to the states. Strengths: Gives local/state governments primary
control over policy. Weakness: Prevents the creation of uniform national policies for
taxation, defense, education, etc.
Q10: Conference committee
Answer: An official legislative work group that meets on a limited basis to reconcile the different
versions of a bill that has passed in the Texas House and Senate. Compromise between the
two.
Q11: Constitution
Answer: A written document that outlines the powers of government and their limitations of those
powers.
Q12: Constitution of 1869
Answer: Slavery gets more protection. Referred to as the Constitution of the Radical Republicans
Q13: Constitution of 1876
Answer: Requirements of the senator.
Q14: Cooperative federalism
Answer: State and federal governments cooperate across various policy rather than maintaining
distinct policy areas.
Q15: Delegate
Answer: An elected official who acts as an agent of the majority that elected him or her and carried
out, to the extent possible, the wishes of the majority.
Q16: Descriptive representation
Answer: The idea that an elected body should mirror demographically the population it represents.
Q17: Dual federalism
Answer: State and federal powers are separate and distinct.
Q1: Granting of privileges and immunities
Answer: The constitutional requirement that states may not fundamentally treat citizens of other
states differently than their own.
Q2: Presiding office of the Senate
Answer: Assigns bills to one of the standing and interim committees - Determines who is on the
committee - Appoints committee chairs - Assumes the duties of the governor when the
governor is out of state, dies in office, resigns from office or is impeached. - Texas citizens
elect them.
Q3: Bill Clement
Answer: First republic governor
Q4: Block grants
Answer: Money given to state and local governments for broad purposes, comes with fewer
restrictions on how the money is spent.
Q5: Categorical grants
Answer: Money given to states and local governments that must be spent on specific activities.
Q6: Citizen legislature
Answer: A legislature that attempts to keep the role of a state legislature to a part-time function so
that many or most citizens can perform it. - Part-time salary and job requirements - The
desire is to prevent professionalism of politics. - Legislative service is sacrifice. - Legislators
maintain full-time professions outside the legislature. - Turnover is high
Q7: Concurrent powers
Answer: Powers shared by state and national governments. Ex: Taxation, infrastructure construction
and maintenance, the creation of lower courts, regulating criminal behaviors, and regulating
business activities.
Q8: Concurrent resolution
Answer: A legislative act that expresses opinions of the legislature; must pass through both
chambers.
, Q9: Confederal system
Answer: A type of government in which the lower units of government retain decision- making
authority. Powers held to the states. Strengths: Gives local/state governments primary
control over policy. Weakness: Prevents the creation of uniform national policies for
taxation, defense, education, etc.
Q10: Conference committee
Answer: An official legislative work group that meets on a limited basis to reconcile the different
versions of a bill that has passed in the Texas House and Senate. Compromise between the
two.
Q11: Constitution
Answer: A written document that outlines the powers of government and their limitations of those
powers.
Q12: Constitution of 1869
Answer: Slavery gets more protection. Referred to as the Constitution of the Radical Republicans
Q13: Constitution of 1876
Answer: Requirements of the senator.
Q14: Cooperative federalism
Answer: State and federal governments cooperate across various policy rather than maintaining
distinct policy areas.
Q15: Delegate
Answer: An elected official who acts as an agent of the majority that elected him or her and carried
out, to the extent possible, the wishes of the majority.
Q16: Descriptive representation
Answer: The idea that an elected body should mirror demographically the population it represents.
Q17: Dual federalism
Answer: State and federal powers are separate and distinct.
