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Q: What are the four key principles of the Texas Constitution of 1876?

Todays Texas Constitution reflects six principles that are found in the U.S. Constitution – popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and protection of individual rights.

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Government - E4 - P1 - Chapter 20 - Texas Constitution
What did the Constitution of 1876 limit?
What are the four key principles of the Texas Constitution of 1876?
What is one way that the Constitution of 1876 restricted government?
What were some of the main principles key aspects behind the Constitution of 1876?

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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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What did the Constitution of 1876 limit?

The Constitution of 1876 began with a lengthy bill of rights. It declared that Texas was a free and independent state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, that all free men have equal rights, and that the writ of habeas corpus could not be suspended or unduly delayed.

What are the four key principles of the Texas Constitution of 1876?

Today's Texas Constitution reflects six principles that are found in the U.S. Constitution – popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, and protection of individual rights.

What is one way that the Constitution of 1876 restricted government?

Most notably, it stripped voting rights from former Confederate officers and vested immense power in government officials, especially the governor. Handbook of Texas article on the 1869 Constitution. 1876: Current Constitution.

What were some of the main principles key aspects behind the Constitution of 1876?

Some of the main principles behind the Constitution were popular control of state government, limitations on state government, strengthening the economy, and finally promotion of agrarian interests.

The Constitution of 1876 limits the power of government through elements such as

Government - E4 - P1 - Chapter 20 - Texas Constitution

What did the Constitution of 1876 limit?

What are the four key principles of the Texas Constitution of 1876?

What is one way that the Constitution of 1876 restricted government?

What were some of the main principles key aspects behind the Constitution of 1876?

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