State Gov Midterm

The Reblican party was very successful in gaining power in the texas government immediately after the civil war because...

• supportes of the confederacy lost the right to vote

• citizens were tired of the civil war and wanted a change

• citizens began to leave texas for california

• immigration from the northern states increased

The ideal constitution is...

• detailed and unbreakable

• complete and indestructible

• breif and flexible

• uncompliacted and adaptable

Texas revolted against Mexican president Santa Anna because he...

• rode into the texas capital and took representatives captive

• demanded that young men join his army

• suspended the 1824 mexican constitution

• raised taxes on only anglo settlers

The current Texas constitution is often called the "redeemer" constitution because it was written in attempt to...

• reconcile texas' history as a mexican territory with its history as state

• recontreuct the idea texas as an independent republic

• reckon with its history of disenfranchising tejanos and indigenous groups

• attone for the "sins" of the 1869 texas constitution

the belief that the power to rule emanates from the people is called...

• devolution

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• seperation of powers

the question of whether the U.S. should annex Texas was most heavily influenced and delayed by the...

• desire of most texans to remian independent

• decision to grant texas the power to secede from the union

• question of how many states texas should become

• issue of slavery

The framers of the texas constitution created small salaries for legislatures, but this has led to legislators who are...

• unwilling to represent effectively

• wealthy and dependent on big businesses

• stretched thin, and overworked

• struggling to make ends meet

Which of these reasons contributed to tensions between anglo immigrants to Texas in the early 1800s and the mexican government?

• English was not the official language

• Non-Catholic Anglos were legally required to become catholics

• Slavery was disliked by the mexican government

• All of these

Prior to 1845, all Anglos immigrated to Texas Iegally.

• True

• False

Native Americans taught the spanish how to ride horses.

• True

• False