If the governor vetoes a bill after the legislature has adjourned,
A) the bill will die and cannot be overridden.
B) the bill may go to a House-Senate conference committee.
C) the legislature will call itself into an override session.
D) the bill will go on a referendum override ballot.
Q. 2As president, Andrew Jackson introduced the ________, which awarded federal offices as a reward for political service.
A) merit system.
B) impeachment process
C) system of logrolling
D) process of gerrymandering
E) spoils system
Q. 3How long does the governor have following the adjournment of the legislature in which to act on bills?
A) Ten working days
B) Twenty calendar days
C) One month
D) Ninety days
Q. 4The Monroe Doctrine declared ________.
A) the United States would regard as an unfriendly act any attempt by a European nation to intervene on the American continent
B) the United States had an inherent right to stop foreign navies on the high seas
C) the United States would be aggressive in invading foreign countries that resisted its trade policies
D) the United States had a moral obligation to serve as a sort of global police force
E) democracy was the dominant form of government and should be heavily impressed on weaker nations
Q. 5After a bill passes both houses of the Texas legislature, it then
A) must be reviewed by the courts before becoming law.
B) automatically dies if vetoed by the governor.
C) becomes law only with the governor's signature.
D) becomes law with or without a governor's signature.
Q. 6Which occurred under the administration of Thomas Jefferson?
A) rapid expansion of a regulatory role of the national government
B) increase in economic planning
C) creation of a national bank
D) scaled back the armed forces
E) increased the number of judgeships
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