CTC GOVT 2306 (Complete) Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) In what year did Mexico achieve independence from Spain? - Correct Answers ✅1821 What battle in Texas' war for independence from Mexico involved surprising the Mexicans while they took a siesta in the afternoon, at which point the Texans captured Santa Anna and ordered him to sign a document agreeing to their independence or be executed? - Correct Answers ✅San Jacinto Mexico relinquished all claim to Texas and, in return for $15 million, ceded all territory west of Texas and south of Oregon to the United States in the Treaty of - Correct Answers ✅Guadalupe Hidalgo.The foundation of Texas' economy well into the 20th century was - Correct Answers ✅cotton.Who was the first native Texan to be elected governor of Texas, presiding for five years in the 1890s? - Correct Answers ✅James S. Hogg During the early 20th century, ________ set oil production limits, and therefore price floors, making it in effect the director of the Texas economy. - Correct Answers ✅the Railroad Commission 1 / 4
CTC GOVT 2306 (Complete) Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) After WWII, Texas was one of twenty-two states that had laws requiring ________, and spent millions of dollars fighting a U.S.Supreme Court decision against it. - Correct Answers ✅racial segregation The combination of shrinking revenues and growing demand for services in Texas in the 1980s resulted in the legislature - Correct Answers ✅raising taxes three times in three years.________ is the belief people have that their government is founded upon morally right principles and that they should therefore obey its laws. - Correct Answers ✅Legitimacy The United States has a federal system. What does this mean? - Correct Answers ✅Its powers are divided between, and shared among, the national government and the state governments.Texas became important as an avenue of increased commerce between Mexico and the United States following the passage of - Correct Answers ✅NAFTA.________ refers to a shared system of values, beliefs, and habits of behavior with regard to government and politics. - Correct Answers ✅Political culture 2 / 4
CTC GOVT 2306 (Complete) Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Which statement about the Texas economy is true? - Correct Answers ✅Conservative policies are evident in the way the state government treats business and industry.As of 2010, how many seats did Texas have in the U.S. House of Representatives? - Correct Answers ✅36 The overall distribution of settlement reflects the ________ of local areas, with East Texas remaining more populous. - Correct Answers ✅food production capability Of the various purposes served by a constitution, which is the most abstract and ambiguous? - Correct Answers ✅legitimacy The Bill of Rights, added to the U.S. Constitution and adapted in similar fashion in the Texas Constitution as part of Article 1, is one of the chief instruments used in - Correct Answers ✅limiting government power.Texas is now being governed by its ________ constitution. - Correct Answers ✅sixth Texas was ruled by ________ for fifteen years before going to war with it and declaring its independence from it. - Correct Answers ✅Mexico 3 / 4
CTC GOVT 2306 (Complete) Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) The U.S. Constitution was ratified in ________, while the current Texas Constitution was adopted in ________. - Correct Answers ✅1789; 1876 When the present constitution went before the people of Texas for a vote, the twenty counties that registered disapproval all represented - Correct Answers ✅urban areas.Overall, the frequent additions of amendments to the Texas Constitution have made it - Correct Answers ✅poorly organized and difficult to read.As in the U.S. Constitution, the Texas charter allocates
governmental functions among three main branches: -
Correct Answers ✅the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.Of the three categories of local governments in Texas, which type is the most restricted? - Correct Answers ✅counties If home rule was still active in Texas today, - Correct Answers ✅counties could choose their own form of government.
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