Which of the following describes the issue of ab initio that divided political parties during the creation of the Texas constitution of 1869?
a. whether African American men and women should be given the right to vote
b. whether the heads of state should be limited from serving more than 4 years
c. whether slaveholders required state government permission to emancipate slaves
d. whether all state government actions taken during the rebellion should be made null and void
Question 2
Gregory was a moderate Republican in Texas at the 1868 Constitutional Convention. Which of the following was he likely to support?
a. the constitutional amendment to give voting rights to African Americans
b. the idea of retaining Texas as a single state rather than forming West Texas
c. the motion to null and void all state government actions during the rebellion
d. the addition of a section to bar African Americans from testifying in cases
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