Principles
What principle allows the people to vote on issues?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
What amendment guarantees freedom of speech?
What is the First Amendment?
Name one civic responsibility of Texas citizens.
What is voting?
Why did Texas secede from the Union?
What is due to the election of Lincoln and issues related to slavery?
What industries in Texas have experienced boom and bust cycles?
What are oil and cattle industries?
Which principle states that the government can only do what the people allow?
What is Limited Government?
Which amendment allows individuals to bear arms?
What is the Second Amendment?
Why is it important to pay taxes?
What is to fund government services and infrastructure?
What was the significance of the Battle of Galveston?
What is the Union lost control of Galveston to Confederate forces?
How did the Apollo program affect Houston?
What is it made Houston a major metropolitan center?
What principle involves the separation of government into three branches?
What is Separation of Powers?
What amendment protects from illegal search and seizure?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
What does serving on a jury entail?
What is participating in the legal process to judge a case?
Name the first place where oil was discovered in Texas.
What is Spindletop?
What was the role of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?
What is it provided food, shelter, medicine, and education for freed slaves?
What principle ensures that different branches of government can limit each other's powers?
What are Checks and Balances?
Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial?
What is the Sixth Amendment?
How can staying informed about government issues affect a citizen's role?
What is it helps make educated decisions when voting?
Who was Sam Houston and what did he refuse to do?
What is he was the Governor of Texas who refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy?
What were Jim Crow Laws?
What are laws that enforced segregation?
What principle means people elect representatives to make decisions for them?
What is Republicanism?
What amendment states that rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people?
What is the Ninth Amendment?
List all civic responsibilities expected of Texas citizens.
What are serving on juries, staying informed, voting in elections, and paying taxes?
Explain the significance of Juneteenth in Texas.
What is it celebrates the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Why is James S. Hogg significant?
What is he helped establish the Texas Railroad Commission?