Author Question: Under the 1876 constitution, lawmaking authority was vested in __________. a. a congress with one ... (Read 103 times)

madam-professor · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Under the 1876 constitution, lawmaking authority was vested in __________.

a. a congress with one legislator appointed by each of the 254 counties
b. an elected unicameral legislature with 151 members
c. a bicameral legislature composed of 181 members
d. a constitutional convention composed of delegates from each of the 254 counties and from every city with more than 100,000 residents

Question 2

Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?

a. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution.
b. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution.
c. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining preclearance from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act.
d. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitutionafforde d them.