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Political Culture, People and Economy
Texas Constitution
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Executive Branch
100
This political culture asserts that the government should promote the common good.
What is the moralistic political culture?
100
This was the first constitution that Texas was governed by.
What is the Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas?
100
The number of representatives in the Texas House?
What is 150?
100
This group of political actors can help legislators by providing information, campaign money, and additional staff.
What are interest groups?
100
The chief executive.
What is the Governor?
200
A term used to define a narrow view of the world.
What is provincialism?
200
This concept ensures that each of the three branches of government will have some power over the others.
What are "checks and balances"?
200
The concept of having a legislature with two chambers.
What is bicameralism?
200
The act of trying to influence legislators' decisions.
What is lobbying?
200
The head of all of Texas' finances.
What is the Comptroller of Public Accounts?
300
This political ideology most strongly supports the idea of a free market economy.
What is classical liberalism?
300
This article of the Texas Constitution discusses basic rights.
What is Article I?
300
The word used to describe the current office holder.
What is the "incumbent"?
300
The committee that works out differences between the House's and the Senate's versions of a bill.
What is the Conference Committee?
300
The group in charge of regulating the oil and gas industry.
What is the Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC)?
400
This is the largest minority group in Texas.
What are the Hispanic/Latino people?
400
The year that the current Texas Constitution was adopted.
What is 1876?
400
There are three types of bills: local, special, and...
What is general?
400
The place in the House or Senate where a bill is voted on.
What is the floor?
400
The chief election officer.
What is the Secretary of State?
500
This industry has historically been the largest and most important in Texas.
What is the oil and gas industry?
500
This Constitution was required for Texas to rejoin the United States after the Civil War.
What is the Constitution of 1866?
500
The process of changing the boundaries of election districts to favor one party over the other.
What is gerrymandering?
500
Killing a bill in committee by putting it at the bottom of the committee's agenda.
What is pigeonholing?
500
The legislative group that decides whether or not a bureaucratic agency is still necessary.
What is the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission?