What was the result of the 1974 Texas Constitutional Convention?
A) The proposed constitution was passed by the convention but defeated by the voters.
B) The proposed constitution failed on the convention floor but was nonetheless approved by the
Texas legislature and forwarded to the voters.
C) The proposed constitution failed to get the required two-thirds vote necessary to submit it to the
voters.
D) The proposed constitution was adopted, but it was later discarded by the U.S. Supreme Court for
its failure to protect civil liberties.
E) The proposed constitution was adopted by the convention and approved by the governor; however,
the Texas Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional and void.
Question 2
In 1917, the Texas legislature passed a resolution calling for a constitutional convention, but the effort failed when
A) Texas voters defeated the proposed constitutional convention by a three-to-one margin.
B) the Citizens Committee on the Constitution issued an unfavorable report on the effort.
C) Governor Beauford Jester refused to issue a proclamation calling for the election of delegates.
D) Governor James Ferguson refused to issue a proclamation calling for the election of delegates.
E) the publication of a newspaper editorial in the Dallas Morning News entitled If It Ain't Broke,
Why Fix It was published and the legislature recalled the resolution as a result.
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