Political scientist Richard Neustadt believes that presidents succeed or fail based on their skills as political bargainers and coalition builders
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
True
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Which of the following was the Texas Constitution of 1869 required by the U.S. Congress to include?
A) Life time appointments for judicial officers B) Universal adult male suffrage C) The popular election of the attorney general and secretary of state D) Acceptance of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution E) Integrated public colleges and universities
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 constitutionafforded them.
The ability to remove someone because of corruption or abuse of power is called:
a. the power to pardon b. impeachment c. the power to veto d. the power of the purse
Anglo settlement in western Texas was a key reason for most of the brutal Civil War battles in that area
a. true b. false