The Texas ________ grades criminal offenses based on severity.

A. Penal Code
B. Code of Criminal Procedure
C. Civil Law Code
D. Constitution


Answer: A

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Which statement best describes the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?

a. Chief Justice Marshall concluded that the creation of the Bank of the United States was "necessary and proper" as a means to carry out other powers that Article I explicitly granted to Congress. b. Congress can only regulate commercial activity that actually reaches over state lines. c. States cannot declare illegal what the Congress has stipulated as law. d. The people of a single state cannot confer a "sovereignty" that would extend beyond the borders of the state.

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The astute nineteenth-century observer who wrote Democracy in America was ________.

a. Crane Brinton b. James Madison c. James Harrington d. Alexis de Tocqueville

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An initial consequence to the patronage system was to make the American bureaucracy ______.

a. more impartial, neutral, and driven by standard operating procedures and technical expertise b. more independent from the legislature with regard to individual merit and qualifications c. less dependent on the president with regard to who is chosen and the position they received d. more partisan based, particularly with the appointment of members of the president’s party

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In, __________, the legislature consists of two chambers/houses

a. the United States b. Great Britain c. Both A and B are correct. d. None of the above is correct.

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