In 1991, in order to increase state revenue, voters in Texas approved
a. charging tuition for students to attend state universities.
b. a state general sales tax.
c. the Texas income tax.
d. the Texas lottery.
e. high cigarette and alcohol taxes.
Q. 2In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stopped the states from carrying out capital punishment in large part because of its finding that the death penalty
a. invariably violated the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
b. violated the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.
c. was applied in a racially biased manner.
d. could not be shown to deter crime.
e. violated U.S. obligations under international human rights treaties.
Q. 3In the case of ____, a state district court judge declared that the system of public education financing in Texas violated the state's constitution.
a. Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Smith v. Allwright
d. Beare v. Smith
e. Texas v. Johnson
Q. 4When an accused person enters a plea of guilty after negotiating a lesser charge, it is known as a
a. good deal.
b. plea bargain.
c. common plea.
d. raw deal.
e. hung jury.
Q. 5Whenever the government attempts to improve the quality of life for the poor by taking wealth from those who have the most and redirecting it to those who have the least, it is making
a. institutional public policy.
b. trickle down economic policy.
c. incremental social policy.
d. regressive tax policy.
e. redistributive public policy.
Q. 6Because the framers of the state constitution believed in pay-as-you-go government, emergency borrowing by the state must be approved by
a. a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature.
b. a four-fifths majority vote of the legislature.
c. the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the House.
d. the governor, the treasurer, and the comptroller of public accounts.
e. the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the House, and the treasurer.
Q. 7Which of the following is the most commonly used form of home-rule city government in Texas?
a. Council-Manager Form
b. Mayor-Council Form
c. Mayo-Manage Form
d. County Commissioners Court
e. Commission Form
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