U.S. and Texas Government Review

Where can you find the document that gives adults the right to serve on Texas juries regardless of religious beliefs?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Texas Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Texas Declaration of Independence

How do Texas citizens DIRECTLY participate in their state's criminal justice system?

• obeying laws

• paying taxes

• serving on juries

• running for office

The Legislative Branch of Texas consists of which members of government?

• Governor and Lieutenant Governor

• Representatives and Senators

• President and Vice President

• Supreme Court Justices

Federalism consists of which three levels of government?

• District-County-State

• International-National-State

• National-State-Local

• Municipal-County-Justice of the Peace

What section of both the United States and Texas Constitutions consists of the protected rights and freedoms of individuals?

• Amendments

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

The current Texas Constitution was ratified in what year during the Reconstruction Era?

• 1776

• 1824

• 1876

• 1861

Checks and balances in government is defined as being what?

• Each branch of government can limit the powers of the other branches

• Seperate powers granted to each branch of government

• The fundamental rights of each citizen in the United States

• Checks on top of a balance scale

How does the Texas Constitution ensure the individual rights of citizens?

• The Texas Constitution does not guarantee individual rights.

• The Texas Constitution is designed to limit the power of the branches of the government, not provide individual rights.

• The Texas Constitution has a Bill of Rights that provides a detailed list of the individual rights of its citizens.

• The Texas Constitution was created to protect the rights of politicians, not the average citizen.