Which of the following was the strongest factor leading to the increased restrictions being placed on the power of the Texas governor in the 1876 Constitution?
A) A nationwide trust of government and governors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
B) A reaction to the weak state government established during Reconstruction
C) A reaction to the Reconstruction administration of Republican Governor E.J. Davis
D) Racial politics following the Civil War
E) A reaction to the administration of President Andrew Jackson
Answer: C
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