Day 7: Texas Government

Which Texan was elected vice president and became president after John F. Kennedy was killed in 1963?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George H. W. Bush

• George W. Bush

A member of a nation, state, county, or town.

• Political Region

• Citizen

• Member

• guest

Contains a plan for the state government

• The bill of rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

Why is power divided among the three branches of government?

• So that no branch will become more powerful

• So that the power is shared

• one branch has more power than the other.

Based on the picture, Texas is divided into

• Counties

• Towns

• States

• Cities

Three types of local government:

• City

• County

• Special District

• State