The 1869 Texas Constitution
A) dramatically weakened state government, with decentralization of executive government and
narrower legislative authority.
B) strengthened state government with a strong, centralized executive and annual legislative sessions.
C) increased the power of the legislature over the governor and eliminated any state control of
programs such as public education.
D) created a more partisan political atmosphere by organizing the legislature along party lines and
requiring all judicial positions to be elected in partisan elections.
E) created a state of chaos in state government by failing to provide for a mechanism for filling the
governor's office when a vacancy occurs.
Question 2
When Texas rejoined the union after the Civil War,
A) the ratification of the Texas Constitution formally ended Reconstruction.
B) it ended segregation in public education.
C) it decreased the governor's salary.
D) it abolished slavery.
E) it prohibited the election of African Americans to the legislature and to Congress.
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