Acts of the Texas legislature and the selection of appointed leaders made former Governor Rick Perry
A) immune from indictment for suspected criminal activity.
B) step down after a single term.
C) less powerful than most earlier governors.
D) more powerful than most earlier governors.
Q. 2The series of policy proposals proposed by FDR for purposes of tackling the Great Depression were referred to as ________.
A) the Great Society
B) the New Deal
C) the New America
D) NAFTA
E) the New Order
Q. 3The constitutionally weak executive structure in Texas shows the influence of anti-Reconstruction forces that opposed the policies of
A) S. W. T. Lanham.
B) Oscar Branch Colquitt.
C) E. J. Davis.
D) Andrew Jackson Hamilton.
Q. 4Which of the following was NOT a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies?
A) creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
B) creation of federal jobs to perform various public works
C) social security program for old-age insurance
D) creation of free trade zones with Mexico and Canada
E) unemployment insurance
Q. 5Which online news site is most frequently followed by policymakers?
A) Austin American-Statesman
B) Texas Tribune
C) Texas Insider
D) Quorum Report
Q. 6The presidency of Woodrow Wilson was crowned by successful intervention of the United States into World War I in 1917. Though Wilson saw several successes, his greatest failure was ________.
A) his inability to gain senate approval to join the League of Nations
B) the loss of the Philippines to Japan
C) the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan
D) his failure to enact comprehensive civil rights legislation
E) his inability to desegregate the military
Q. 7Which of the following research organizations was founded in 1985 as an Austin office of the Benedictine Resource Center?
A) Texas Legislative Council
B) Center for Public Policy Priorities
C) Texas Public Policy Foundation
D) Senate Research Center
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