In Texas, the twentieth century was the century of "oil" beginning with the Spindletop strike of 1901
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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Explain the constitutional basis for a right to privacy and detail how this right has developed and evolved.
What will be an ideal response?
In what way are social and fiscal conservatives in Texas at odds over how to deal with crime?
a. Social conservatives want to punish criminals harshly, but fiscal conservatives object to the expense of long prison sentences. b. Fiscal conservatives prefer alternative sentencing to avoid the high cost of building and maintaining prisons. c. Both social and fiscal conservatives believe that more money should be spent on punishing criminals, but they disagree on how to spend the money. d. Social conservatives want to punish criminals harshly, but fiscal conservatives object to the expense of long prison sentences and prefer alternative sentencing to avoid the high cost of building and maintaining prisons. e. All of these are ways in which social and fiscal conservatives are at odds.
Which of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?
A. The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce. B. State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters. C. The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government. D. The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land. E. The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.
What factor complicated the transition of George W. Bush?
A)The Great Recession made real-time planning difficult. B)He began his transition planning too late. C)The outgoing administration harbored a great deal of resentment. D)He pulled too many transition team members into his administration.